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For full information on the students’ art competition ‘Kuwait Beautiful and Green’ winners, Kuwait Times will cover it on a daily basis until the end of the week. Opposition calls for elected Max 39º govt, multiparty democracy Min 16º High Tide 11:10 & 23:01 Low Tide Coalition plans rallies to press for reforms 04:56 & 17:12 40 PAGES NO: 16134 150 FILS By B Izzak sion between the presidential and the parlia- to boost the Assembly’s powers and keep the mentary systems,” the coalition’s coordinator government away from the control of the Al- KUWAIT: The Opposition Coalition, comprising and former MP Musallam Al-Barrak said at a Sabah family which has been in power for over of political groups that boycotted recent elec- press conference while releasing the 46-page 250 years. The reform program calls for adopting tions, yesterday launched what it called a document. a multiparty system, legalizing political parties, “national political reform program” that seeks a Kuwait adopts a unique democratic system changing the electoral system to turn Kuwait full parliamentary system, an elected govern- that is a hybrid between the presidential and into a single constituency and that the leader of ment not headed by a ruling family member the parliamentary forms. Under the former, the the party winning the largest number of seats and legislation to fight corruption and broaden head of state enjoys extensive powers while should automatically become the prime minis- accountability. under the latter, parliament has all the powers ter. The program, signed by most of the groups with formalities left for the head of the state. The It requires that the new government must under the coalition, calls for doubling National Amir in Kuwait enjoys extensive powers and is submit a program to the Assembly, which must Assembly members to 100, restricting HH the the head of the three authorities - the executive, vote on it to grant its confidence to the govern- KUWAIT: Coordinator of the Opposition Coalition and former MP Musallam Al- Amir’s undisputed powers on appointing the the legislative and the judiciary - and can dis- ment, which must resign if the program is Barrak speaks during a press conference about a ‘national political reform pro- prime minister and dissolving the current solve the Assembly almost unchallenged. rejected. gram’ that was launched by the coalition yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Assembly. “We aim at resolving the faulty confu- The opposition however wants the reforms Continued on Page 13 NSA denies taking Kuwait Times fetes arty students advantage of bug

WASHINGTON: The US National ware commonly used to protect pass- Security Agency on Friday denied a words, credit card numbers and other report claiming it was aware of and even data sent via the Internet. exploited the “Heartbleed” online securi- A White House official also denied ty flaw to gather critical intelligence. The that any US agency was aware of the stern denial came amid growing panic bug before it was revealed by security among Internet users the world over researchers earlier this month. “Reports about the newly exposed flaw, after a that NSA or any other part of the gov- report by Bloomberg News said the spy ernment were aware of the so-called agency decided to keep quiet about the Heartbleed vulnerability before April matter and even used it to scoop up 2014 are wrong,” White House national more data, including passwords. security spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden “NSA was not aware of the recently said in a statement. “This administration identified vulnerability in OpenSSL, the takes seriously its responsibility to help so-called Heartbleed vulnerability, until maintain an open, interoperable, secure it was made public in a private-sector and reliable Internet. If the federal gov- cybersecurity report,” NSA spokes- ernment, including the intelligence woman Vanee Vines said in an email. community, had discovered this vulner- “Reports that say otherwise are wrong.” ability prior to last week, it would have OpenSSL is online-data scrambling soft- Continued on Page 13 Iran not considering alternative UN pick TEHRAN: Iran signalled its defiance yester- New York. “We are not considering an alterna- day over America’s refusal to grant a visa to its tive pick,” Abbas Araqchi told the Mehr news chosen UN ambassador, saying it does not agency, noting that Iran would pursue the plan to pick an alternative envoy. Tehran also issue of visa denial “through legal mecha- said it was examining its legal nisms at the UN”. options over the row, which has Prominent lawmaker Alaeddin undermined a cautious thaw in Boroujerdi said the US had no relations after decades of enmity right to intervene in Iran’s UN following the storming of the US envoy pick. “Naming Aboutalebi embassy in 1979 and the hostage as Iran’s UN envoy has nothing to crisis that followed. The United do with the US. American opposi- States has said it will not issue a tion to Aboutalebi’s entry is a mis- visa to Hamid Aboutalebi because use of the geographical location of his links to the students who of the UN,” the Iranian parliament’s seized the embassy just months Aboutalebi website quoted Boroujerdi as say- KUWAIT: (Top) Minister of Information and Minister of Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah (second left) is pre- after the Islamic revolution. ing yesterday. “The Iranian government sented a memento by Kuwait Times Deputy Editor-in-Chief Dr M Ziyad Al-Alyan (left), Kuwait Times Marketing Director Adnan Saad (second However, Iran’s deputy foreign minister should stand up to this US bullying.” right) and Saleh Al-Alyan during an award ceremony for the winners of Kuwait Times’ ‘Kuwait Beautiful & Green’ students’ art competition said the country was not considering any Boroujerdi, who heads the Iranian parlia- yesterday. (Above left) Sheikh Salman addresses the gathering. (Above right) Sheikh Salman, Dr Ziyad and Saad view the winning entries. potential replacement for Aboutalebi, an ment’s national security and foreign policy Also in attendance were representatives of sponsors Saudi Arabian Chevron, Zain Telecom, Jumeirah Beach Hotel & Spa and Motive experienced diplomat who has previously committee, urged Foreign Minister Advertising. Teachers from the participating schools, the judging committee and the winning students and their families were also present. attended sessions at the UN headquarters in Continued on Page 13 More details about the competition and the ceremony tomorrow! — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat (More pics on Page 2) Antarctica a dream destination Emirati ‘brain damaged’ after PRESIDENT FREI BASE, Antarctica: As the sun sets, the cloudy sky melds with the glaring white of the frozen London attack terrain. Tourists trudging in single file line marvel over blue glaciers in Antarctica, a hip new vacation destina- LONDON: An Emirati woman attacked in her London hotel tion. The group paid a small fortune - $3,000 per head - in a suspected burglary last weekend lost an eye and has for a quick five-hour visit to the frozen continent, arriv- been left with only five percent of her brain function, police ing by plane. “Coming to Antarctica was a dream for me said yesterday. The woman and her two sisters, all from the and my wife,” American John Reiss, 81, said as he stood United Arab Emirates, were brutally attacked with a hammer beside his wife Sharon, 73. in their room at the four-star Cumberland Hotel in the early “We signed up a couple years ago, but we couldn’t hours of last Sunday morning. A British man appeared in get on it, so we went on a waiting list. This year we court yesterday accused of three counts of attempted mur- signed a year in advance and we made it.” The couple der and one of aggravated burglary, while three others have boarded a cruise ship in Florida, where they live, to also been charged with handling stolen goods. head to Punta Arenas in the south of Chile, where they Outside court, police gave an update on the victims, who caught a two-hour flight to Antarctica. are all in their 30s and were in London for a shopping trip. The tourists visited the island of King George, in the “The main victim suffered life-threatening head and facial South Shetlands archipelago and the neighboring injuries, has lost her left eye and significant quantities of Russian station of Bellingshausen with its out-of-place blood,” Detective Inspector Adam Ghaboos said. “Doctors Orthodox church. They also saw the small Chilean ham- have assessed that she has five percent brain function, although her other organs are in good working function,” he let of Villa Las Estrellas home to just 64 people and added, without elaborating further. colonies of penguins. Another option is to tour Half Another sister suffered two fractures to her skull, a broken Moon Island, a habitat of seals and penguins that is left arm and a fractured cheekbone, and is due to undergo home to the Argentine base of Teniente Camara. There two operations this week. The third sister has a fracture to they can sip a hot cup of coffee, send a postcard and her skull and a ruptured left eardrum. She was released from get their passport stamped with a picture of a krill, a Adelie penguins drift on an ice floe in the Southern Ocean off the Australian Antarctic Territory in this March hospital on Tuesday but was readmitted the following day kind of small shrimp that is the symbol of the base. with severe head pains. — AFP Continued on Page 13 4, 2007 photo. — AFP SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 LOCAL

KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah, Kuwait Times Deputy Editor-in-Chief Dr M Ziyad Al-Alyan and Kuwait Times Marketing Director Adnan Saad pose with the members of the jury (left) and the winners (right) of the Kuwait Times students’ art competition ‘Kuwait Green and Beautiful’ yesterday at Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel and Spa. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Asian woman in hospital after domestic dispute Man dies during football game

KUWAIT: A man could face attempted murder Ingrate son held response to an emergency call reporting the charges after his wife fell from their second-floor Farwaniya police arrested a young man after accident that happened around 1:00 am Friday apartment, as investigations are ongoing to he assaulted his mother in their apartment in morning. The 28-year-old was rushed to the reveal the circumstances behind the case. Police the area. Police headed to the scene in response Adan Hospital and admitted in the recovery headed to Farwaniya Hospital after medical staff to an emergency call, in which the Egyptian room in an unstable condition. He was diag- reported that a Filipina woman arrived in a criti- woman said that her son had beaten her. The nosed with a severe head injury and a broken cal condition. The woman was taken for emer- man was placed under arrest and taken for ques- right hand. An investigation was opened to gency surgery, while police spoke with her hus- tioning, during which it was revealed that he determine the circumstances behind the acci- band who brought her to hospital. The Egyptian beat her during a dispute that started when she dent. man said that his wife jumped from the window refused to give him money. He remains in police of their Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh apartment following custody pending further action. Accident exposes addict a domestic dispute. The man was arrested and A motorist was arrested with possession of Maid fight drugs that police found inside his car following put behind bars pending questioning with his A domestic helper was hospitalized with a an accident he was involved in at the Gulf Road wife when her condition stabilizes, in order to serious injury after she engaged in a fight with Friday. Police arrived to the scene shortly after a confirm whether she had jumped or was pushed another housemaid in their employer’s house in two-car collision was reported, and immediately by her husband. Riqqa. An ambulance and police were dis- noticed that one of the drivers seemed to be patched to the scene in response to an emer- inebriated. They searched his car and discovered Cardiac arrest gency call made at 11 pm Thursday night. They 37 drug pills and two hashish rolls. The man was A man died after suffering cardiac arrest found that one woman was injured, and took placed under arrest and taken to the authorities while playing football at an English school in her to Adan Hospital. The 40-year-old Sri Lankan to face charges. Salmiya Thursday night. Paramedics and police national was diagnosed with a severe head In another case, three men were arrested rushed to the scene following an emergency call injury in addition to bruises and wounds in vari- with drug possession after police pulled their car reporting that a man collapsed on the field. The ous places of her body. Her coworker is in police over when they noticed that the driver did not 43-year-old Indian national was rushed to custody for questioning. have the seatbelt fastened. Police ordered the Mubarak Hospital while paramedics performed driver to step outside the vehicle when he Zain sponsors ‘El Freej’ CPR. The man was pronounced dead at the hos- ATV rider hospitalized became nervous while handing over his license pital shortly after arrival, and a medical examina- A Kuwaiti man was hospitalized in a critical and registration. Police searched the man and tion confirmed that his heart stopped due to condition after he was involved in an accident found a plastic bag containing shabu (meth) in youth exhibition excessive fatigue. The body was taken to the while driving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) in Zour. his possession. The three were handcuffed and forensic department for an autopsy. An ambulance arrived at the scene with police in taken to the authorities for further action. KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommuni- promising projects. We believe in the capa- cations company in Kuwait, announced bilities of our young people, and aim to yesterday its successful sponsorship of the take more steps forward in communicating ‘El Freej’ youth exhibition organized to their achievements to local and regional showcase various promising projects from communities.” young entrepreneurs. The exhibition ran Several sessions were held during the from April 11 to 12 at Sadu House. exhibition where participants had the Zain’s sponsorship of the exhibition is in chance to talk about their success stories line with the company’s dedication to sup- in areas such as business management, porting youth activities and offering health and nutrition, leadership and skill young people opportunities to express development, education, lifestyle, sports, themselves, positively impacting their and child guidance. The exhibition also social and career development. The ‘El incorporated a designated area to show- Freej’ exhibition provided visitors with an case local talent in fine arts, in which opportunity to learn more about the cre- young Kuwaitis participated actively. The ative projects young Kuwaitis have fine arts show presented impressive pho- devised, with the theme of the event recre- tographic images, calligraphy, handcrafts, ated to conjure up the feeling of an old and modern illustrations. Additionally, a Kuwaiti neighborhood (the Freej), and corner was created to give young children generate a sense of national pride. a chance to enjoy several activities and Waleed Al-Khashti, Zain’s Corporate competitions. Communications and Relations Manager Zain is committed to continuing to sup- said: “Zain is dedicated to fostering the port all kinds of projects and exhibitions development of young people in Kuwait, that support youth development. For more and we are keen to showcase their talents information about Zain’s sponsorships and to the wider community. This exhibition initiatives, individuals can visit the compa- was an excellent platform for young entre- ny’s website on www.kw.zain.com, or visit preneurs to transform small ideas into any of Zain’s social media channels. Spanish king starts Gulf tour

MADRID: King of Spain Juan Carlos will ous domains. During the tour, the Spanish start official tour to Gulf Cooperation king will be accompanied by Minister of KUWAIT: Shops and signs department of the inspections and follow up services at Farwaniya governorate municipality carried out an inspec- Council (GCC) countries, United Arab Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Jose tion campaign in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh in cooperation with the public relations department against stores in violation of municipality laws. Shops Emirates and Kuwait, today. Manuel Garcia-Margallo, Minister of and signs director Saud Dashti said the goal of the campaign was to follow up all licenses and remove violating signs from the streets. In a press statement, the Spanish Defense Pedro Morenes, Minister of —By Hanan Al-Saadoun Monarchy said yesterday that the king and Transport and Development Ana Pastor his accompanying delegation’s tour will and Minister of Industry, Energy, and start with a two-day visit to the United Tourism Jose Manuel Soria. Arab Emirates, today and tomorrow. Then, Carlos’s visit to Kuwait coincides with they will start another two-day visit to the two countries’ celebration of the 50th Gulf cities at ‘tipping point’ Kuwait starting Tuesday. anniversary of their start of bilateral diplo- It added that King will also visit Oman matic ties. and Bahrain by end of April, and Saudi This will be Carlos’ seventh visit to on smart urban design Arabia and Qatar in May. Kuwait since his enthronement in 1975. His The goal of the tour is to give impetus to previous visits were paid in 1980, 2007, bilateral relations and cooperation in vari- 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.— KUNA DOHA: The Middle East is at a “tipping point” and holistic approach is embedded in the ly start to appreciate the art of the possible, it in its level of maturity and understanding of DNA of the authorities, the leading develop- will lead to raised expectations for consistent- smart urban development, according to ers and their consultants,” he said. ly high levels of urban planning and design.” Atkins design director Matthew Tribe. “This is driving some exceptional urban Labor authority holds Addressing the Arab Future Cities summit design which would stand shoulder to shoul- Holistic thinking in Doha, he said there is now ample evidence der with anything across the world.” Tribe said the key to developing truly smart inaugural meeting of international best practice being applied He added: “We’re now seeing a strong urban environments in the Middle East was across the region and this is creating a blue- appetite for world class urban development in collaboration, holistic thinking and careful By A Saleh Kuwait, while at the same time prosecute print for ongoing success. both Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and it is planning towards a shared goal. His com- companies which practice visa trafficking “There are pockets of excellence in the approaching the right level of maturity for us ments follow those of Dr Ghassan Ziadat, KUWAIT: The Labor Public Authority holds and other violations, said the sources who region, notably in Dubai, where an integrated to reach a crucial tipping point. As clients real- Atkins’ director of planning and infrastructure, this week its first meeting since it was offi- spoke on the condition of anonymity. who said last month that The high level of plan- cially established by a decision announced Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind ning and investment in multi-modal transport following the Cabinet’s most recent weekly Al-Subaih will attend the meeting’s open- infrastructure in major Middle East centres is meeting. The board will discuss building ing as the highest state official politically National Guard enough to bring them close to terms with the the authority’s administrative and financial responsible for the authority, before Jamal world’s most advanced cities within 15-20 years. structures, as well as agree on a roadmap Al-Dousary, the Labor Public Authority weapons ‘not stolen’ Tribe added: “I’ve been advising clients in the to resolve labor-related problems. The dis- Director, chairs the rest of the meeting. Middle East for the past 10 years, but the under- cussion is expected to be focused on form- In other news, Interior Ministry sources KUWAIT: The National Guard denied yester- racy, because “the weapons found with the standing of what it takes to deliver great urban ing subcommittees to study problems fac- revealed that the ministry is working on a ing workers and employers, then come up study to come up with amendments to the day that two of its employees, caught ostensi- accused did not belong to the arsenal of the design is at an unprecedented level which is with practical ways to resolve them, foreigners’ residency law in Kuwait, which bly dealing in arms, were doing so selling National Guard whatsoever.” making for an incredibly exciting marketplace. according to sources familiar with the once finished will be referred to the parlia- arms that belonged to the Guard. He affirmed that all National Guard “Doha, in particular, has a fantastic opportunity National Guard spokesman Brig weapons and ammunitions were carefully meeting’s agenda. The authority is primari- ment for study. The sources who spoke on as it prepares for the 2022 World Cup to create a ly eyeing efforts to eliminate issues often the condition of anonymity indicated that Muhammad Al-Farhan said in a press state- guarded, using advanced monitoring systems legacy which lives up to the Qatar National ment that news in the media about the arrest to keep a close watch on them. He urged the brought up by international organizations the main objective of the project is to of a National Guard officer and a soldier who media to exercise prudence in reporting news Vision. By staying true to this vision, Doha can and relating to workers’ rights. Officials address the country’s demographic imbal- were caught dealing in weapons lacked accu- of this sensitive nature. —KUNA become a beacon for smart urban design.” plan to come up with a strategy to limit the ance. They did not provide details about —Arabian Business number of ‘marginal’ or illegal workers in the nature of the amendments, however. LOCAL SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 News in brief

School teachers KUWAIT: Some ministries have withdrawn employees loaned to the education ministry as teachers, and this has thrown the school sched- ule into disarray. The reason is civil service laws that consider the loan period according to the Gregorian year, without consideration of the schools’ special conditions. Informed sources said the problem started when some ministries withdrew their loaned employees as teachers in the middle of the school year as the loan period expired. Sources said the Education Ministry will discuss the possibility of extending the loan period until the end of the school year.

Grants law KUWAIT: Several MPs began consultations to prepare a proposed law that commits the gov- KUWAIT: Officials pose here with Cuban Vice-Minister Diaz. Rogelio Sierra Diaz, Cuban Vice-Minister is greeted by Ahmed Abu Al Hassan at ernment to take the National Assembly’s the reception. —Photos by Joseph Shagra approval for any grants or loans to foreign countries over KD 5 million. A parliamentary source told Al-Anbaa that several MPs expressed approval of the law, which will not Specialized doctors from allow the government nor its investment bod- ies to grant foreign countries financial grants or loans over KD 5 million without the approval of Cuba coming to Kuwait the National Assembly. Jewellery Exhibition KUWAIT: Kuwait International Fair Company announced that all areas allocated for partici- Major agreement signed pants at the 12th International Gold and Jewellery Exhibition to be organized and held By Ben Garcia issues,” Diaz asserted. by the company from April 21 to 26, 2014 are Asked if Cuba could provide the need- complete. Director of the exhibition Mishal Al- ed doctors in Kuwait without affecting Rashid said the company organizes this presti- KUWAIT: Cuba and Kuwait recently their own health services, he replied: gious exhibition periodically, and that 100 per- signed an agreement to provide a num- “Our doctors sent abroad are not affect- cent of the space is booked in Hall 8, which has ber of specialized doctors including ing health services in Cuba because we an area of 7,000 sq m. He said the exhibition sports trainers. The agreement was have enough doctors. For more than 50 attracted many jewellery companies, business- signed in Kuwait on Wednesday during a years, we have created the correct capac- men and professionals in the field of gold, dia- two-day state visit by a Cuban vice-min- ities for the health sectors and we meet monds and precious stones. As Burqan Band ister to the country. the needs of our people inside Cuba. So I and La Marquise jewellery announced their offi- In a press conference at the Cuban can assure we send excellent doctors cial sponsorship of the exhibition, while the ambassador’s residence in Rawda, abroad without affecting the Cuban number of participants reached 130 compa- Rogelio Sierra Diaz said boxing trainers health system.” nies, 90 of which are international exhibitors and many doctors from Cuba will be Diaz also pointed out that less than a and 40 local. Rashed expected the exhibition to added to the rosters of Cuban special- week ago, they adjusted the salaries of attract more than 90,000 visitors to see and buy ized physicians in the country as per their health workers. “I can say that the the most modern creations. Kuwait’s Ministry of Health’s request. increase we are talking about is huge “Several sports trainers and Cuban doc- and very vital for this important sector,” tors will join their colleagues already in he mentioned. Kuwait. We agreed to provide ophthal- His visit coincided with the 40th KD300 fine for mologists and doctors from the field of anniversary of the establishment of bilat- diabetic ulcers and other fields,” he eral relations between Kuwait and Cuba. Officials at the Embassy of Cuba in Rawda beach barbeque added. “We should enhance and maintain the He said Cuba takes pride in its doctors ties and cooperation as always. Our con- Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Sabah Al-Ahmed of Cuba to Kuwait, hosted a diplomatic KUWAIT: It appears that the Kuwait Municipality is who are known all over the world, espe- tinued effort to make our bonds vibrant Al-Sabah and Cuban President Raul reception late Wednesday at his Rawda serious about its plans to stop barbeque picnics at cially in the treatment of diabetic ulcers, and dynamic is a testament of our true Castro) will be meeting in soon, he said: residence attended by Armando Vergara Kuwait’s beaches, so as to increase the fine value to and have treated around 140,000 friendship and commitment,” he added. “We have invited Kuwait’s foreign affairs Bueno, Deputy Director General for KD300. patients globally. “We are happy that Diaz also mentioned an agreement minister to visit Cuba. Tthe visit of the Bilateral Affairs (Ambassador) and This was confirmed by Tariq Al-Qattan, the Kuwait with the medicines we provide and with recently signed for the protection of two heads of state hasn’t been men- Ahmed Abu-Al-Hassan, Advisor of the City emergency team leader at the municipality, who the great doctors we have, we can help trade and investments in both countries. tioned yet, but is very possible.” Amiri Diwan and other members of said that General Director Ahmad Al-Subaih released more patients solve their health related As to whether the two leaders (HH the Andres Gonzalez Garrido, Ambassador diplomatic community. an order recently containing the new fine. Al-Qattan spoke to reporters during a campaign carried out on Friday at Kuwait City beaches and adja- cent parks. He added that emergency team members Clean fuels contract signing issued 215 tickets in weekly campaigns during the past three weeks. Meanwhile, Hawally emergency team leader Riyadh Al-Rabie’ie announced that they to go ahead despite NA probe issued 28 tickets in two weeks, crediting the weekly campaigns for ‘gradually dropping’ the number of bar- beque picnics compared to last year. Emergency By A Saleh ity that surrounds the issuance of emer- year be referred to the interior and ting water from nonpaying consumers as teams issued over 400 tickets around Kuwait in 2013, gency decrees during the parliament’s defense committee for further study, a way to force payment of delayed dues. Al-Rabie’ie said. He added that the Touristic KUWAIT: The parliament is expected to absence and before a new Assembly is which would delay it to the next parlia- He added that the ministry’s efforts Enterprises Company pays around KD30,000 annually form a committee to investigate the clean elected. mentary term. This scenario would be helped limit the increase in consumption to restore beaches. fuel project’s deal, but at the same time Article 71 of the constitution states: identical to the tactic the government rate last year to 2 percent compared to allow Kuwait Petroleum Corporation to “The Amir approves treaties by decree used to delay a bill to increase the chil- 2012, as opposed to an 8 percent project- sign the contracts next week. Oil Minister and transmits them immediately to the dren’s allowance. The government wishes ed rate. The ministry also managed to 31,464 ‘illegal residents’ Ali Al-Omair had stated previously that he National Assembly with the appropriate to keep the naturalization issue on hold drop water consumption significantly, does not have a problem with the parlia- statement. A treaty has the force of law until the Central Apparatus for Illegal which saved costs that can be added to got driving licenses ment’s decision, especially that he is ‘con- after it is signed, ratified and published in Residents completes the roadmap for production funds. in 15 months fident that the tendering procedures the official gazette. However, treaties of ending the bedoon issue by the end of were sound.’ MPs, in the meantime, peace and alliance; treaties concerning 2015, said sources close to the govern- ‘Demonstrator’ freed KUWAIT: A total of 31,464 driving licenses were issued believe that the probe guarantees ‘trans- the territory of the state, its natural ment. A Kuwaiti man was freed after he for ‘illegal residents’ from January 2013 to mid-March, parency’ and eliminate all suspicions resources or sovereign rights, or public or spent two weeks in jail for taking part in the Central Agency for Remedying Illegal Residents’ regarding the deal. private rights of citizens; treaties of com- Water consumption an unlicensed rally last year. The court of Status said here on Saturday. In other news, the parliament is also merce, navigation, and residence; and The Ministry of Electricity and Water misdemeanor overruled an earlier verdict The move is part of a Cabinet decree adopted in expected on Tuesday to form an investi- treaties entailing additional expenditure achieved considerable success in its which found the citizen guilty of charges 2011 to provide privileges and facilities to illegal resi- gation committee into an arms theft from not provided for in the budget, or involv- efforts to rationalize energy consumption that includes taking part in crowding at a dents (bedoons) including males and females, the the Special Task Forces warehouse. ing amendment of the laws of Kuwait; and reduce the ministry’s costs, Minister public place, participating in an unli- agency’s Assistant Secretary-General for Executive shall come into force only when made by Abdul-Aziz Al-Ibrahim said. The minister censed demonstration and disobeying Affairs Retired General Najib Al-Othman said. Constitutional interpretation a law. In no case may treaties include indicated in responses to questions made police orders. The prosecutor had The agency is keen on fully implementing the cabi- The government and parliament seem secret provisions contradicting those by MP Adel Al-Khorafi that the efforts accused the man of being a participant in net decree in collaboration with diverse state authori- to agree on a proposal to file a request to declared.” include campaigns to detect violations in an anti-government demonstration ties and agencies, Al-Othman said. Illegal residents can the Constitutional Court in order to inter- which electricity or water is connected to organized illegally by the political opposi- get driving licenses as long as they have valid security pret article 71 of the Kuwaiti constitution. Naturalization law properties illegally. tion. The court reached its verdict due to cards, the agency’s official pointed out. The Kuwaiti gov- The proposal, submitted by MP Yaqoub The government plans to ask that a Meanwhile, the minister indicated that lack of evidence, and ordered the man, ernment had recently recruited up to 1,419 illegal resi- Al-Sane, seeks to end the case of ambigu- draft law to naturalize 4,000 bedoons this the ministry is studying the option of cut- who is in his twenties, to be set free. dents at state bodies and authorities. —KUNA Man held with 9kg of hashish WANTED By Hanan Al Saadoun

KUWAIT: Abdaly border police arrested an Indian expat with 9kg of hashish he was bringing from Iraq aboard a truck. Meanwhile, a Sudanese shepherd was killed yester- Editors & Reporters day when a mine exploded, then a collision took place an Arabian Gulf road, and police found 36 illicit tablets in one of the Full time, must be in Kuwait, cars. In Farwaniya, an have transferrable 18 visa Indian threw him- self from the third floor following a and writing experience dispute with his wife, as when he beat her she fell unconscious and he Send CV, letters of reference thought she was dead. The woman and 3 writing samples to was taken to KUWAIT: Members of the Opposition Coalition take part in a press conference Farwaniya hospital, [email protected] about the “national political reform programme” that was launched by the coali- then she dropped tion yesterday in Kuwait city. Kuwait oppositioncalled for wide democratic all charges againstKUWAIT: The drugs confiscated Only those who are shortlisted will be contacted reforms including a Western-style party system. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat her husband. at Abdaly border.

SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 LOCAL Kuwait boosts oil output, shores up against risk Stage set for crisis management summit

KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), one of the Worker safety Emergency Coordination at KOC, will detail the con- world’s foremost oil producers, is preparing to dou- Commenting on the significance of crisis and risk struction of a comprehensive crisis management sys- ble production by 2020. Already a top global management in Kuwait, Peter Johnson, HSE Trainer at tem that integrates corporate health, safety and envi- exporter of crude oil, KOC plans to drive up produc- Chevron, Kuwait, and former Incident Commander of ronment (HSE) plans and site-specific emergency tion from 2.1 million barrels per day to 4 million the Federal Emergency Management Authority (FEMA, mechanisms. barrels per day-but greater production means USA), said, “Risk management is a discussion that On the margins of the conference are pre- and post- greater risk, cautions Khaled Al-Mansouri, president occurs each and every day around the world in all sec- conference workshops. In the pre-conference work- of the International Association of Emergency tors. We are having this discussion in Kuwait because shop, entitled “Managing health, safety, rescue and Managers (IAEM) and International Center of the oil and gas industry here is seriously committed to maintenance programs”, Peter Johnson will draw from Business Resilience (ICBR). worker safety, asset protection and environmental his 30 years of experience in emergency response to The need to secure some of the world’s oldest oil stewardship.” demonstrate proper planning for the indirect costs of fields during any and all emergencies has compelled Johnson, who will chair the two-day event, will also health and safety preparedness. leading figures in the region’s oil, gas and power deliver a lecture on how best to involve senior manage- The post-conference workshop on incident com- industries to assemble at the 2nd Annual Crisis and ment, EPC contractors and solution providers in com- mand systems (ICS) will be led by Dean Monterey, Risk Management Summit in Kuwait City. From May prehensive response systems. “It is only through the Emergency Management Specialist at Kinder Morgan, 4 to 7, Al-Mansouri and other emergency response development of partnerships at all levels that any com- Canada, and author of Bahrain National Oil Spill Plan. experts will exchange knowledge and expertise, pany or government can succeed in their goals. This is Monterey advised the governments of Bahrain and focusing on critical topics, such as risk management, truest in emergency response, where all concerned Qatar during the Gulf War and is a seasoned manager fire safety, computer-aided emergency dispatch, loss entities need to collaborate in order to effectively who will invite managers to see how their plans hold prevention, and PTSD recovery. respond to a disaster, and ensure the welfare of people up against international best practices. “As long as we operate in a risky working envi- first. When I was at FEMA, we interacted with over 70 The conference is held under the official patronage ronment, such as the oil and gas industry, incidents other federal agencies and works with contracts in of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate, and has been sup- will happen, and we will see our share of them. The order to respond to disasters effectively.” ported by RIMSCO, the Official Strategic Consulting outcome will depend on how well our emergency Khalid Al-Mansouri will speak to the changing Partner of the event. According to conference organiz- responders, employees, and contractors respond, nature of crisis and risk management systems in his ers IQPC, the 2013 edition of the event was well manage, and learn from them,” said Nasser Al- keynote speech. “Crisis and risk management is evolv- received, and the series has continued to grow, with the Buhairi, Chief Security Officer and Head of the ing in Kuwait. Both the government and private sector Director General of KFSD, Yousef Al-Ansari set to deliver Emergency Coordination Unit, KOC. “Kuwait has entities, such as power companies, are invested in it. the opening keynote address. had its own challenges-not the least of which was There is even talk that the government is starting a new Maj Gen Yousef Al-Ansari, Director General of recovering from the invasion in 1991-and we have emergency management authority. I am happy that Kuwait Fire Service Directorate, praised the Crisis and our methodologies for dealing with them.” this conversation is happening in Kuwait.” Risk Management series, saying, “The Summit will pres- During the conference, Al-Buhairi will present a ent attendees the information needed to meet the new KUWAIT: A dump truck collided with a cement mixer on Seventh Ring Road, case study that illustrates how managers can priori- Seasoned manager challenges that lay ahead, and it is an excellent oppor- injuring one of the drivers. Back up fire center dealt with accident as the fire tise emergency response plans according to the Notably, Ali Hussain Asad, an emergency response tunity to network with their peers participating at all crane removed the mixer from the dump truck. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun criticality of different equipment. consultant with RIMSCO and former Head of levels.” Arab Group calls for UNSC permanent membership NEW YORK: The Arab Group at the United Nations is seek- ing Security Council’s permanent membership due to the large number of issues on its agenda, affirmed Kuwait’s permanent delegate to the UN late Friday here. The UN Security Council examines a large number of Arab issues, thus came the request of Arab representation in the category of permanent seats, said permanent repre- sentative of the State of Kuwait at the UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group during deliberations tackling the Council reforms, held as part of the UN 68th session. “With the number of Arab states rising from five in 1945 to 22 in the meantime, subsequently the number of issues is on the rise too.” Al-Otaibi underlined the necessity for the Council to have permanent Arab representation in any future expan- sions, which, according to him, “is a key issue in the process of an inclusive reform.” Other steps that could contribute in the Council’s reform process may include more efficiency and trans- parency procedures in dealing with the Council’s structural deficiencies and increasing the number of the Council’s open sessions; as opposed to reducing the number of closed ones. The ambassador added that it has been more than 20 years of discussions, initiatives and stances aimed at expanding the membership at the Security Council and improving its performance. He said there was a consensus among member states on change and reform as a principle, especially since the international scene has changed since the establishment of the United Nations in 1945. The Security Council is dominated by its five permanent members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — which have veto power over its decisions. The council’s 10 elected members are made up of three from Africa, two from Asia-Pacific, one from Eastern Europe, two from the Latin American and Caribbean group, and two from the Western European and others group. Five are chosen each year to serve two-year terms. Arab states are split between the Asia-Pacific and African regional blocs and there is an unofficial deal that at least one Arab nation is always represented on the Security Council. —KUNA Kuwaiti youth elected to key post KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Homoud Al- Sabah yesterday hailed the young Kuwaiti citizen, Daham Al-Daham, for being elected as the secretary general of the “Arab regional youth entity,” in recent election held in Tunis. “This is a new accomplishment for the Kuwaiti youth,” said the minister in a statement, alluding to the election of the secretary general of Al-Farazdaq cultural center. The ministry supports Al-Daham due to his pivotal role in supporting creative activities by the young citizens, the minister added. It will spare no effort to furnish the young generation with possible support to help them demonstrate their traits of creativity. —KUNA SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 LOCAL

We want to see in whose wIn my vie Local spotlight court the ball is in?! Middle East WHO office peace process in Kuwait Assembly Government

By Labeed Abdal By Muna Al-Fazai

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eports suggesting that peace negotiations Sports issue n a surprising statement to local media, Minister of Health between the Palestinians and Israelis have Ali Al-Obaid announced the opening of an office of World reached a dead end are telling what has IHealth Organization (WHO) soon in Kuwait. This could be a R step to reform the health sector in Kuwait, something we des- already been a foregone conclusion. The Israeli gov- perately need, bearing in mind the multiple problems all hospi- ernment wasted the roadmap and other opportuni- tals are facing. I’m not a doctor to set the list of problems of the ties by failure to adhere to United Nations resolu- health sector in Kuwait, but I am among the thousands of peo- tions. Al-Anbaa ple who are obliged to deal with this sector as a patient. The United Nations has approved Palestinians’ There are some key issues that seriously need consultation right of self-determination, return to their ancestors’ from the WHO. For example, we have some excellent doctors lands, end of settlement building on Palestinian terri- here in Kuwait who are capable of providing patients with the tories and release of prisoners held unjustly. right diagnoses and surgery if needed. But it takes two to tan- However, resolutions guaranteeing those rights con- go! Nursing is no less important than successful surgery. When a complicated surgery is done, it will need an excellent nursing tinue to be ignored by the Israeli side. kuwait digest system and medical facilities to ensure the operation is com- plete and the quick recovery of the patient without negative complications or relapse. Right now, people complain from the Children’s intelligence limited number of beds and nurses. Moreover, doctors are The United Nations has overloaded, especially in the physical therapy sector. We need to have new hospitals too, but it will not happen in a day. So approved Palestinians’ right of By Ahmad Al-Sarraf maybe WHO will be able to provide advice on how to handle this situation in Kuwait. self-determination, return to he IQ is a standard tool to measure the scale of chil- think that the person who has big intelligence capabili- Expats worker are coming to Kuwait every day, a matter that their ancestors’ lands, end of dren’s intelligence. The first to use this method were ties and can solve the most complicated problems or who needs quick and urgent attention. Every day Kuwait receives a TAlfred Binet and Theodore Simon in France in 1905, gets the highest marks in intelligence tests, or solve puz- large number of labourers - some come from modern coun- settlement building on when they wanted to separate slow learning students zles and has tremendous memory is more intelligent than tries with a secure medical system - but not all. Some expat and others, and they found a method that can determine others in his personal life. Despite the importance of workers come from Arab and Asian countries that I don’t trust Palestinian territories and the child’s mental age, which may be different from his intelligence indicators, they do not mean much if they do follow accurate medical measures while checking their workers release of prisoners held unjustly. actual age. William Stern then divided the mental age by not contribute to the success of the person who has them before they head to Kuwait by issuing accurate health certifi- actual age and multiplied the result by 100 to reach the in the following three aspects: cates for them. IQ or mental quotient. A child who is six years old and can First: If he could not, despite the high intelligence per- Most poor countries will do whatever it takes just to send only do what those in his age do, then he is a slow learn- centage he has, maintain his health, and insists on their people abroad, so their observation of the possible dis- The Israeli government cannot honor promises to er. It means those who get less than 80 points have low overeating, smoking and use of drugs! Here, we find this eases they may take out to other people is not a concern for continue with the peace process which it gave to US intelligence and those who get 80 to 100 have normal person lacking the ability to benefit from his high mental them. That is why hepatitis is increasing in Kuwait, not only Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary intelligence and those from 100-140 have high to very capabilities at the personal level. The first and only func- among exapts, but transferred to Kuwaitis too. The Ministry of General Ban Ki-moon before him, as long as the idea high intelligence then those above 140 are considered tion of the brain is keep the human being alive and in Health claims that two to five percent of the population in of peace is still rejected by many political parties and geniuses and skilled. good health, then if the brain fails to do that, then there Kuwait has been diagnosed with hepatitis C. This may seem In life, an instinctive intelligence is acquired, and mix- is no meaning for the intelligence that person claims. small, but it is an indicator. groups in Israel. The Israeli prime minister cannot go ing them normally gives the best results. The person who Second: It is better not to describe a person as highly against the wish of those movements. The Ministry of Health had announced a few months ago grows up in surroundings full of knowledge, gains better intelligent if his intelligence does not help him avoid that it would deport expats that contract infectious diseases in Meanwhile, the Palestinian government would be knowledge capabilities than a child who is equally intelli- financial bankruptcy, and what paralyses his free move- a bid to avoid spreading the virus. But here is the problem - making a good move by signing 15 international gent, but lives in an arid environment, for example. This is ment or even going to prison. medical checks for newcomers takes about 10 days or more. I treaties in the UN, including the Geneva Conventions in regards to the young ones’ intelligence and determin- Third: It is clumsy, if it was not for hereditary reasons, wonder how many people he or she can harm until the results and the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is a step ing their mental age, yet this matter becomes more com- to claim high intelligence if that intelligence does not come! in the right direction to have the ICC oversee any plicated when it comes to determining intelligence of help us to be happy. Happiness is the goal of any person, I hope the WHO office in Kuwait will help the Ministry of adults, and here we talk about what the intelligence a and is part of his rights! crimes or violations to international law committed Health improve and upgrade the health sector and medical person can present to himself and not necessarily to oth- Here, we are naturally, talking about a person living in by both parties, and settle disputes without armed research, and keep the medical sector up-to-date and involved ers. normal circumstances. —Translated by Kuwait Times from with the latest news, WHO decisions and projects. struggle that leads to civilian casualties. I learned through my life experience that it is wrong to Al-Qabas

in my view What if we leave Afghans alone?

By Abdullateef Al-Mulhim rior to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December who knows maybe 9/11 would have never taken place. In other 1979, this landlocked country largely remained away from words, we turned a peaceful country into the most dangerous Pmedia spotlight. It all started in 1973 when Daoud Khan place on earth where apparently people just want to fight. It overthrew King Zahir Shah in a bloodless coup to become the became a place where Muslims are fighting among each other, first president of Afghanistan. That kicked off a series of coups attack other Muslim countries and when possible attack non- and countercoups. In April 1978, the communist People’s Muslims. Ironically many of the dead westerners killed by Taleban Democratic Party of Afghanistan took over. In September the in Afghanistan were there to help the Afghans and wanted to following year, President Nur Taraki was assassinated in a coup show the world the other side of the story and expose the orchestrated by Hafizullah Amin, who assumed presidency. In Taleban. In other words, the world only saw the dark side of the December of 1979, Soviet Special Forces assassinated him. In Afghanistan. Until the 1970s, Afghanistan used to be a beautiful the aftermath Babrak Karmal became president and subse- country with advanced social and political cultures. All you need is quently Soviet troops entered the rugged terrains of to look at the old photos of Afghanistan and its people and you Afghanistan and the rest is history. Since then this country has will see beautiful clean streets, modern hospitals and university always remained in the news. campuses. Now, Afghanistan is at a crossroads. It is only the Afghans have earned praise from across the globe for defy- Afghans who can bring back security and stability to their country. ing Taleban by going to vote in droves. Several deadly clashes It is impossible to run the clock backward but it is never too late to were reported but the Afghans appeared determined to exer- rebuild a country, although this needs an iron will. Those Afghans cise their right to choose their leadership. I wonder what if who are fighting along the Taleban side must realize that they can Afghanistan had been left alone after the Soviet invasion. In the never achieve anything through coercive measures. aftermath of the Soviet invasion, Afghanistan became the final There still are chances for Afghanistan to become an effec- battleground for the Soviet Union and the United States. The tive member in the international arena. The internal disputes world was divided into two blocs, the eastern and the western between various tribes and factions will only bring more blood- due to which many other players got involved in the conflict shed. The more stable Afghanistan, the faster the country can be that proved to be the final round of the then lingering Cold War. rebuilt. Had the world not interfered then, the Soviets would have It is imperative that the next Afghan president focuses on pulled out within a few years. The USSR was on the brink of a rebuilding the country’s civic and economic infrastructure. The financial collapse. There would have been destruction and col- Afghan people can do it and the whole world is ready to extend lateral damage but not of the magnitude that we witness today. a helping hand. But the Afghans are the ones who must take the Above all there would have been no Taleban or Al-Qaeda and first step. —Arab News

kuwait digest BOT projects, budget deficit

By Bade Al-Daihani have repeatedly written that the state budget’s biased pri- with public funds and some were custom-tailored to be given orities and tendencies are the exact ones that would proba- to some VIPs without public auctions or bids, which is a viola- Ibly lead to financial deficit, not the payrolls of small tion of law 7/2008 pertaining organizing BOT projects. employees or improving citizens’ living standards, as the gov- It also seems that public fund waste that took place before ernment and some international bodies it consults claim. How passing the new law was not enough and that the non-oil rev- can the people believe that the government is serious on talk- enue development the government has been recently speak- ing about developing non-oil revenues at a time when it ing about can only be achieved through imposing new taxes squanders state property and lands through BOT projects giv- on citizens or increasing the fees they currently pay for servic- en to VIPs for the cheapest prices under claims of involving the es and basic needs. And so, the government proposes new private sector partnership and initiatives? amendments to the BOT law number 7/2008, which violate the BOT projects are mega ones, basically focusing on infra- Audit Bureau’s recommendations and will surely lead to new structure such as highways, huge power plants, railways, resi- public fund wastage. The government also suggested amend- dential cities, hospitals, universities, schools, huge entertain- ing law 105/1980 in a way that authorizes the Cabinet to ment areas, etc, which cannot be executed by the government renew current BOT contracts and extend them to equal peri- due to financial problems. Therefore, the government encour- ods - which are usually longer than 25 years - that are about to ages the private sector to invest in such projects for a certain finish for some projects in outstanding locations along the period of time and on certain conditions to protect the state’s coastline that had been directly given very cheaply to a limited legal and financial rights such as sharing profits, providing job number of investors decades ago and should be turned over opportunities and public bidding for citizens in them. to the government. Those proposed government amend- Once the investor’s usufruct is over, the project ownership ments mean new wastage of public funds and evasion from is transferred to the government. The question is...does this implementing the new law (7/2008) that conditions turning really happen in Kuwait? The answer is, of course not! What over projects’ ownership to the government once the contract really happens is that state property and lands have been duration is over, which means that if the government wishes to granted to a limited number of investors to mainly build quick- offer the same project to the private sector once more, it has profiting projects offering consumer services such as snack to be done through public bidding. —Translated by Kuwait bars and commercial malls. Most of these projects were unjust Times from Al-Jarida SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014

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DONETSK: A female pro-Russian activist collects money for the pro-Russian activists camp set up outside the regional state building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk yesterday. — AFP Ukraine battles separatism

Pro-Russian gunmen seize more buildings in east Ukraine

SLAVYANSK: Kalashnikov-wielding gunmen yesterday seized defend the guys who seized this building,” Slavyansk Mayor a police station and a security building in Ukraine’s restive Neli Shlepa told Russia’s Life News television outside the eastern industrial heartland amid spreading protests to press police headquarters. The interior ministry said some of the for the heavily Russified region to join Kremlin rule. The coor- same gunmen had later occupied the city’s state security serv- dinated attacks and a subsequent raid by a few hundred pro- ice building. “The protest participants are continuing to arm Russian protesters on the police headquarters of the local themselves with weapons seized from the police,” the interior capital Donetsk underscored the volatility of the crisis ahead ministry said in a statement. of peace talks between EU and US diplomats and their Moscow and Kiev counterparts in Geneva on Thursday. Kiev blames Russians Ukraine’s interim leaders have been facing unceasing pressure Ukraine’s interior minister said that a separate group of from Russia since their February ouster of an unpopular assailants had also unsuccessfully tried to seize the Donetsk Kremlin-backed president and decision to seek closer ties prosecutor’s office. But an AFP reporter in the city saw about with the West.Moscow has massed tens of thousands of 200 pro-Russian protesters armed with clubs and sticks storm troops on Ukraine’s eastern border after annexing its Black the police headquarters and meet no resistance from anyone Sea peninsula of Crimea and nearly doubled the rates it inside. A few dozen anti-riot police who arrived at the scene charges Kiev for gas. were instead seen sporting orange and black ribbons symbol- Russia is now ready to demand prepayment from the cash- izing support for Russian rule-a vivid sign of Kiev’s slipping strapped government for future gas deliveries or halt sup- hold on Ukraine’s eastern rust belt. The Donetsk administra- plies-a cutoff that would impact at least 18 EU countries and tion centre is already being held by gunmen who have pro- add further urgency to the worst East-West standoff since the claimed the creation of their own “people’s republic” and Cold War. But the seizures more immediately highlight how called on President Vladimir Putin to send Russian troops into little sway Kiev’s untested leaders have over pro-Russians who eastern Ukraine. The interior minister had on Wednesday have since April 6 controlled the Donetsk government seat issued a veiled 48-hour ultimatum for the Donetsk separatists and a state security building in the nearby eastern city of to lay down their arms or face the possible of use of force. Lugansk. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk visited But no action followed and Russia warned on Friday that the region on Friday in a failed bid to pacify protesters with a any use of force wound result in Moscow boycotting the vague promise of more sweeping local rights. Geneva talks. Ukraine’s embattled premier promised during an unannounced visit to Donetsk on Friday to grant more ‘Armed terrorists’ powers to the country’s regions and protect the east’s right to The morning police station raid and a subsequent attack of use the Russian language. Kiev has previously said it was the regional security service centre happened in Slavyansk-a ready to back partial devolution while stopping well short of riverside town of 100,000 about 60 kilometers north of the creating the federation sought by Russia.But the Donetsk and regional capital Donetsk. Ukraine’s interior ministry said the Lugansk gunmen also want to stage independence referen- first assault was led by 20 “armed men in camouflage fatigues” dums coinciding with snap presidential polls Ukraine will whose main purpose was to seize 20 machine guns and 400 stage on May 25. Makarov guns stored in the police headquarters “and to dis- Ukraine’s new authorities reject that condition because a tribute them to protesters”. “Our response will be very severe,” similar vote last month in Crimea led to the Black Sea peninsu- Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook page. la’s annexation by Russia. Both Western leaders and Kiev have “There is zero tolerance for armed terrorists.” accused the Kremlin of orchestrating the unrest in order to An AFP reporter saw the Slavyansk police station being justify a possible future invasion of eastern Ukraine-a charge surrounded by armed men in masks and camouflage who Moscow flatly denies. Kiev said that Ukrainian Foreign had set up a barricade of old tyres and dumpsters in front of Minister Andriy Deshchytsya told his Russian counterpart the police headquarters. The gunmen aggressively shoved Sergei Lavrov by telephone yesterday to “stop the provocative aside Western reporters and only allowed Russian-speaking activities of Russian special services in the eastern regions of media anywhere near the building. “The entire city... will Ukraine.” — AFP Judge orders man to hold ‘I AM A BULLY!’ sign SOUTH EUCLID: A judge has ordered a man convicted of harassing a neighbor and her disabled children to stand on a street corner with a sign that says he is a bully. Municipal Court Judge Gayle Williams-Byers ordered 62-year-old Edmond Aviv to hold the sign for five hours. The sign reads: “I AM A BULLY! I pick on chil- dren that are disabled, and I am intolerant of those that are different from myself. My actions do not reflect an appreciation for the diverse South Euclid community that I live in.” The judge also said the sign’s letters must be large enough for the average person to see from 25 feet away. Aviv pleaded no contest in February to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and was sentenced last month, according to court records. Aviv has feuded with his neighbor, Sandra Prugh, for the past 15 years. The most recent case stems from Aviv being annoyed at the smell coming from Prugh’s dryer vent when she did laundry, according to court records. In retaliation, Aviv hooked up kerosene to a fan, which blew the smell onto Pugh’s property, the records said. — AP SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Ailing Algerian president eyes fourth term

ALGIERS: Algerians will vote in a presi- Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP) eral urged Bouteflika to step down “with port a president for life.” came in January 2013 when jihadists dential election Thursday with Abdelaziz is calling for a boycott. dignity,” saying in an interview with El Benflis has repeatedly warned against stormed the In Amenas desert gas plant. Bouteflika, who has ruled the oil-rich A number of rallies have been dis- Watan that he was speaking on behalf of electoral fraud, which he calls his “main Dozens of foreign hostages were killed in North African nation for 15 years, the rupted in the past week, some of them others in the armed forces, “because we adversary,” and which he says defeated the bloody four-day siege and army firm favorite for re-election despite by Berber protesters calling on Algerians cannot let this situation continue.” democracy in the 2004 election. While operation that followed, which also shat- chronic health problems. The 77-year-old to reject the vote. The election is also Despite the often scathing criticism lev- the presidential hopeful jets around the tered the security image associated with president has been conspicuous by his taking place amid unanswered questions eled against him in the independent country trying to whip up support, the country’s vital energy sector. absence from the campaign trail, looking about the position of the powerful army, media, Bouteflika remains popular with Bouteflika remains unseen, appearing Algeria remains vulnerable to further frail on the rare occasions he has in a country whose secretive military many Algerians, especially for helping to just once during the campaign when he attacks, given its vast desert borders appeared in public since suffering a elite are often considered the real deci- end the devastating civil war in the met visiting US Secretary of State John with Libya and Mali, countries plagued mini-stroke last year, with a team of sion makers, and with signs that its lead- 1990s. Kerry, with television images showing by militant Islamist groups since the high-profile allies instead making his ers are sharply divided. The head of the him seated and barely audible. Seven Arab Spring uprisings toppled dictators case. DRS military intelligence agency, General Waiting for earthquake close allies were picked to represent him across the region. Bouteflika’s supporters Despite rehabilitation treatment and Mohamed “Tewfik” Mediene, who has Some 23 million Algerians are eligible at election rallies, and have emphasized also praise him for containing the social assurances from former premier been a powerful hidden force in Algerian to choose on Thursday between six can- the stability Algeria has enjoyed during unrest that spread to Algeria in January Abdelmalek Sellal, who is spearheading politics for years, is thought to oppose a didates. Bouteflika’s main rival, ex-prime his three-term tenure, following the 2011 as mass protests gripped neighbor- the campaign, that he is “improving day fourth Bouteflika term. minister Ali Benfis, is seeking to reverse “black decade” of civil war. ing Tunisia, by offering political reforms, by day”, many doubt whether Bouteflika But army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah his fortunes following ten years in the Bouteflika’s policy of national recon- lifting a 19-year state of emergency and is fit to continue for another five years. remains one of the ailing president’s key political wilderness, after running ciliation, in which he offered an amnesty raising wages. But discontent remains a Youth protest group Barakat (Enough) allies, and “is taking flack from former against, and losing heavily to his former for rebels who laid down their weapons real threat, experts say, amid high youth was founded just two months ago high-ranking officers” for steadfastly sup- ally in the 2004 presidential elections. On and renounce armed struggle, saw thou- unemployment and poor living condi- specifically to oppose the president’s porting his re-election bid, the inde- Thursday in the eastern city of Bejaia, he sands released from prison and led to a tions for many Algerians, despite the fourth-term bid, while a coalition of pendent daily El Watan commented on predicted a “violent earthquake that will sharp decrease in violence. A striking country’s windfall hydrocarbon rev- opposition parties, including the Islamist Friday. In February, a retired senior gen- shake the foundations of those who sup- reminder of the dangers facing Algeria enues.— AFP Algeria candidates for the presidency

ALGIERS: With less than a week to go before Algeria’s presiden- paign as a trusted aide who later headed the ruling National tial election on Thursday, candidates have been campaigning Liberation Front. But in 2004 he ran against the president and across the country, with incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika expect- won only 6.4 percent of the vote, while Bouteflika was re-elected ed to win a fourth term. Below are profiles of the six candidates: with 85 percent.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika Louisa Hanoune Bouteflika, 77, first came to power in 1999 and was re-elect- The only woman in the race is a 60-year-old member of par- ed in 2004 and 2009 after having amended the constitution to liament and a prominent leftist politician who ran in two previ- allow him to stand again. He is credited with helping end ous presidential contests. Born April 7, 1954 in eastern Algeria, Algeria’s civil war in the 1990s that killed up to 200,000. Born in Hanoune heads the Workers Party and co-founded an associa- Morocco on March 2, 1937 to a family of Algerian origin, he tion for equal rights between the sexes in 1989. She was arrested enlisted with the National Liberation Army in 1956 to fight twice in the 1980s when she worked for a clandestine socialist against Algeria’s French colonial rulers in the war of independ- workers’ group. ence. After independence in 1962, he served in parliament and at the age of 25 was appointed minister of sports and youth, and Moussa Touati later as foreign minister. The last few years of his rule as presi- Touati, 60, set up the Algerian National Front in 1999 and is a dent have been dogged by corruption scandals implicating former soldier who was trained in Syria and in Libya. He has members of his inner circle and serious concerns about his stood as a candidate in two previous presidential elections. Born health. In April 2013, he was hospitalized in Paris after suffering a October 3, 1953 in central Algeria, he worked for the customs mini-stroke, returning home three months later looking frail. authority and has headed a committee set up to defend the Since then he has chaired just two cabinet meetings and has interests of children of those killed in the war of independence. only very rarely been seen in public, always appearing seated, his voice barely audible. His candidacy has drawn sharp criticism Ali Fawzi Rebaine in Algeria, from youth activists to senior political figures. An optician by trade, 59-year-old Rebaine co-founded DOUMA: A Syrian man mourns over a dead body after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by government Algeria’s first human rights group in 1985 and three years later forces, according to activists, in Douma town, Damascus, Syria. — AP Ali Benflis helped set up a national anti-torture panel. In 1985, he was Benflis, 69, is considered Bouteflika’s key challenger. A former arrested and sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges of prime minister, he decided to stand in the election following a undermining state security and membership of an illegal 10-year absence from politics after he lost the 2004 poll. Born in association. He was freed under a presidential pardon two Syrians trade blame eastern Algeria on September 8, 1944, Benflis studied law, years later. He was born January 24, 1955 in Algiers and heads served as a justice minister and co-founded Algeria’s League of the Ahd 54 party. This is the third time he has stood in a presi- Human Rights in the 1980s. In 1999, he ran Bouteflika’s cam- dential election.—AFP over ‘poison’ attack ‘Fiercest’ fighting in Aleppo

BEIRUT: Syrian state television and Nusra Front is preparing to hit Wadi overnight clashes were “the fiercest medical sources in central Hama Deif in Idlib province and Morek in since the fighting began in Aleppo province swapped accusations yes- Hama province with toxic chorine or and the closest yet to the intelli- terday over an attack that reportedly sarin,” the state broadcaster added. gence base in the Zahra neighbor- caused “suffocation and poisoning” of There was no independent verifica- hood.” In an email, the Syrian residents. Medics quoted by the tion of either of the claims, which Revolution General Commission, an Syrian Observatory for Human Rights come after a chemical weapons activist network on the ground, said NGO said people choking from poi- attack outside Damascus last year. government aircraft “opened fire soning had been hospitalized after The opposition and much of the with heavy machine guns on the Al- air raids with barrel bombs Friday on international community blamed Leyramun neighborhood, and the the town of Kafr Zita. “Regime planes that attack, which reportedly killed outskirts of the air force intelligence bombed Kafr Zita with explosive bar- as many as 1,400 people, on the base.” The Observatory said there had rels that produced thick smoke and Syrian regime. The regime denied been casualties on both sides and odors and led to cases of suffocation responsibility, in turn blaming civilians had fled the area. and poisoning,” Observatory director rebels, but agreed under threat of Government aircraft bombed rebel- Rami Abdel Rahman said. But state US military action to turn over its held districts of the city throughout television reported that Al-Qaeda chemical weapons stockpile for Friday and into Saturday, killing four affiliate Al-Nusra Front had released destruction. rebels in the Rashidun district in the chlorine gas in a deadly attack on the Meanwhile, Syrian troops battled east of the city. Islamist rebels shelled town. “There is information that the rebels around a military intelligence several government-held neighbor- terrorist Al-Nusra Front released toxic base in Aleppo in what a monitoring hoods, killing 10 people, five of them chorine... leading to the death of two group said yesterday was the children, the Observatory said. Rebels people and causing more than 100 fiercest fighting in the northern seized a big swathe of Aleppo in a people to suffer from suffocation,” it metropolis since mid-2012. Syrian major offensive in mid-2012 but the said. Observatory for Human Rights direc- front line has since remained largely “There is information that Al- tor Rami Abdel Rahman said the static.—Agencies Hezbollah develops new tactics in Syrian civil war

BEIRUT: The commandos infiltrated said Charles Lister, an analyst with the Forces carried out the attack. Observers Syrian rebel-held territory near the Brookings Doha Center. “So exploiting an of the group and experts say the Lebanese border, watching rebel fighters ability to inflict damage on the enemy Qalamoun attack was consistent with come and go from a two-storey villa without expending significant resources similar operations carried out by before slipping inside to plant a powerful ... is a natural strategic development.” Hezbollah in the past. bomb. The next morning, they detonated Hezbollah has a long history of guer- “Covert and targeted Hezbollah oper- it as three rebel explosive experts and rilla attacks. It fought Israel in the wake of ations further into Syria’s interior or into four assistants met inside, turning the vil- its occupation of south Lebanon until it ‘enemy territory’ is not such a surprising la to rubble in seconds. The operation pulled out in 2000, relying on hit-and-run development,” Lister said. “After all, late last month in Syria’s western assaults to combat Israel’s army. In Syria, Hezbollah training incorporates all the Qalamoun region was carried out by the turning point in Hezbollah’s strategy capabilities necessary for such opera- fighters from Lebanon’s militant came after the group helped secure the tions, and there is a precedent for similar Hezbollah group, several Lebanese offi- Syrian border town of Qusair last June, tactical evolutions, particularly against cials close to the militants have told The said the Lebanese officials, who spoke on Israel.” Lister added that the attack “opens Associated Press. condition of anonymity to discuss its forces up to being able to expand The Shiite group has sent hundreds of Hezbollah military tactics. After that bat- their operational capacity to include its fighters into Syria to shore up tle, they say rebels ambushed and killed covert qualitative attacks on enemy infra- President Bashar Assad’s overstretched four elite Hezbollah fighters after Syrian structure and senior leadership.” An troops, helping them gain ground troops told them the area was secure. opposition activist in Qalamoun who around the capital, Damascus, and near Now, Hezbollah sends small groups of uses the name Amer Al-Qalamouni told the Lebanese border. But with its own fighters to observe areas before entering, the AP that the three men, part of an casualties mounting in a civil war that the officials say. One official said engineering unit, were killed while activists say has killed more than 150,000 Hezbollah also has linked Syrian territo- preparing a bomb and did not die in an people in three years, officials say ries where it is present to its bases in operation carried out by Syrian troops or Hezbollah has turned to a variety of new Lebanon via a secure, hard-wired Hezbollah. tactics - including complicated comman- telecommunication network it has been “Had the bomb been detonated by do operations - to hunt down rebels and using back home for years. The fighters the army or Hezbollah we would have opposition commanders. avoid using mobile phones or other said that but they did not,” al-Qalamouni The aim of the new strategy, that equipment easy to monitor, the official said by telephone from Syria. “They includes hit-and-run attacks as well as said. The attack on the villa in Qalamoun (Hezbollah and army) want to take credit reconnaissance missions, is to help Assad also showcases the turn to commando- that they killed them.” He did not elabo- hold onto power, limit Hezbollah casual- style fighting. Syrian state media said rate. A spokesman for largely secretive ties and attack groups that want to Syrian troops carried out the attack. Hezbollah declined to comment when launch attacks inside Lebanon itself. However, Lebanese daily newspaper Al asked if its commandos carried out the “Hezbollah is also well aware of its com- Akhbar that is sympathetic to Assad, said Qalamoun attack, saying he had no infor- paratively limited manpower capacity,” both Syrian troops and Hezbollah Special mation about it. — AP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 Crime breeds mob ‘justice’ in Argentina

LAS VEGAS: Images of a forced cattle members, advocates and protesters in Republicans, have also said they were roundup on a rural Nevada range sent rip- dusty but scenic rangeland near Bundy’s upset with the way the BLM was conduct- ples through the West on Friday, prompt- ranch, just east of the Virgin River. ing the roundup. After the areas were ing elected officials in several states to She said she was horrified that BLM removed Thursday, Sandoval issued a new weigh in, militia members to mobilize and police used stun guns on one of Bundy’s statement. “Although tensions remain federal land managers to reshape ele- adult sons during a Wednesday confronta- high, escalation of current events could ments of the operation. Bureau of Land tion on a state highway near the Bundy have negative, long lasting consequences Management officials dismantled desig- melon farm in the Gold Butte area. Video of that can be avoided,” it said. nated protest areas Thursday and Nevada’s that confrontation has spread on the Amy Lueders, BLM state director in governor urged calm as the fight over Internet, along with blog commentary Nevada, said Friday that two protesters rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle widened into claiming excessive government force and were detained, cited for failure to comply a debate about states’ rights and federal calls to arms from self-described militia with officers at a barricade on Thursday land-use policy. leaders. Some have invoked references to and released. That brought to three the The dispute that triggered the roundup deadly confrontations with federal authori- number of arrests. Bundy’s son, Dave dates to 1993, when the BLM cited concern ties, including a siege of a ranch home in Bundy, was arrested Sunday on State for the federally protected tortoise. The Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992 and the fiery Route 170 and released Monday with cita- agency later revoked Bundy’s grazing destruction of a religious compound near tions accusing him of refusing to disperse rights. Bundy claims ancestral rights to Waco, Texas, that killed 76 people in 1993. and resisting arrest. Lueders said 380 cows graze his cattle on lands his Mormon fami- In Arizona, a congressman said he and were collected by Thursday. She declined ly settled in the 19th century. He stopped several state Republican lawmakers may to provide a cost estimate for the herding paying grazing fees and disregarded sever- travel to Bunkerville to protest what they operation. The roundup started Saturday, al court orders to remove his animals. BLM perceive as government heavy-handed- after the BLM and National Park Service officials say Bundy now owes more than ness. Arizona state Rep Bob Thorpe of shut down an area half the size of $1.1 million in unpaid grazing fees. “I’m Flagstaff said he and state legislators Delaware to let cowhands using helicop- seeing a lot of passionate Americans will- weren’t arguing whether Bundy broke laws ters and vehicles gather about 900 cattle ing to stand up for important rights,” said or violated grazing agreements. Thorpe that officials say are trespassing. Bundy, 67, LAS VEGAS: Brand Thornton, of Las Vegas, blows a shofar on a hillside above a Nevada state Assemblywoman Michele said the Arizona lawmakers were upset the and his large family cast their resistance to protest area near Bunkerville, Nev. Thorton joined others to protest the Bureau Fiore. Fiore, a Republican, said Friday she BLM initially restricted protesters to so- the roundup as a constitutional stand. He of Land Management’s cattle roundup owned by Cliven Bundy. Bundy claims has been making the 80-mile drive from called free speech zones. US Sen Dean says he doesn’t recognize federal authority ancestral rights to graze his cattle on lands his Mormon family settled in the Las Vegas to a growing tent city of militia Heller and Gov Brian Sandoval, both over state land. — AP 19th century. — AP News Inmate charged in brief

12 die in road smash YANGON: Twelve people were killed yesterday when a bus collided with a car and burst into with kidnapping flames on an accident-plagued highway in Myanmar, police said. “A bus accelerated to pass a car which was crushed under the bus and caught fire,” said police lieutenant colonel Min Prosecutor’s father abducted Aung of the Myanmar Police Force headquar- ters in the capital Naypyidaw. Six people on the RALEIGH: A North Carolina inmate described as a high-rank- seized. Officials at the state Department of Public Safety con- The victim survived a gunshot wound. Melton was convicted bus-which was travelling from eastern Shan ing member of the Bloods street gang faces a federal kidnap- cede many are brought in by prison employees bribed by of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and being a State to Yangon-were killed and four were ping charge after authorities say he used a mobile phone to inmates or their relatives. They are now investigating how habitual felon, resulting in a life sentence. The prosecutor in injured, while six car passengers died, he said. help orchestrate the abduction of a prosecutor’s father. An Melton got the phone. The North Carolina Conference of the case was Wake County Assistant District Attorney Colleen The crash happened in the early hours of the arrest warrant was issued Friday for Kelvin Melton, who is District Attorneys called Friday for improved protections for Janssen, 33. morning on a road that connects Mandalay and serving a life sentence for ordering the shooting of a Raleigh prosecutors and their families, as well as increased punish- Frank Janssen was kidnapped last week from his Wake Yangon-via Naypyidaw-that has been dubbed man in 2011. Melton is accused in the kidnapping of Frank ment for people caught smuggling mobile phones into pris- Forest home and driven to Atlanta, the FBI said. On Monday, the “death highway” by local media due to fre- Arthur Janssen of Wake Forest. ons. They also want the state prison system to invest in elec- his wife, Christie, started receiving text messages. One of them quent traffic accidents. The concrete road was Janssen, 63, was rescued Wednesday by the FBI at an tronic devices that can jam cellular signals. said that if law enforcement was contacted Janssen would be built hastily by the former junta after the gener- Atlanta apartment. Five others have also been arrested and According to testimony from his 2012 trial, Melton is a sent home “in 6 boxes.” The messages made specific demands als in 2005 suddenly moved the capital from charged. The case highlights the problem of inmates getting high-ranking member of the Bloods street gang from New for the benefit of Melton, according to the FBI. Those Yangon to the new purpose-built city in central access to smuggled smartphones that can allow them to York City who ordered a 19-year-old subordinate to travel to demands were not spelled out in the court filings. On Myanmar. make calls, exchange email, browse the Internet and maintain Raleigh and kill his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend. Court Wednesday, Janssen’s wife received a text photograph of him Facebook profiles. They can also direct criminal conspiracies, records show Melton has a long record of felony convictions tied up in a chair along with a message: “Tomorrow we call 7 drug suspects killed authorities say. in New York, the first being a 1979 robbery committed when you again an if you cannot tell me where my things are at BANGKOK: Thai security forces shot dead seven Melton, 49, had a mobile phone in his cell at Polk he was 14. He pleaded guilty of manslaughter and robbery in tomorrow I will start torchering.” suspected drug smugglers and seized hundreds Correctional Institution in Butner, exchanging at least 123 calls 1998 and served more than 13 years in New York prisons The FBI said a call was placed by Melton from the prison to of thousands of methamphetamine pills after a and text messages with the alleged kidnappers in the past before being released in August 2011. Melton was arrested in a phone associated with the kidnappers in Atlanta. Quotes in firefight in the Golden Triangle border region, week, according to the FBI. Authorities closed in on the sus- the shooting in Raleigh the following month. It is not clear court filings suggest the two male callers were discussing how an official said yesterday. The clash broke out pects by tracking their mobile phones and listening to their from the court record why Melton came to the South, but he to kill Janssen and dispose of his body. “We want to make sure late Friday in the mountains of northern Chiang calls. Melton also made about 100 calls to his daughters, was still supposed to be serving parole in New York through it’s in a secluded area and the ground is soft so we can go 3 according to the FBI. Melton is being held on “maximum con- 2015. feet deep,” a male voice said, according to the documents. Rai province after a border patrol spotted about trol” status after racking up several infractions over the past The admitted triggerman, Jamil Herring Gressett, testified Following the call, authorities tried to enter Melton’s cell and 10 hill tribe people who refused to stop after year, including being cited for possessing a weapon and twice that he had joined the Bloods a few years earlier and that he smashed the phone. A few hours later, they located crossing the frontier, according to the authori- for having a mobile phone. Melton was the boss of their subset within the gang. Gressett Janssen in Atlanta. When making the arrests, authorities also ties. “When we cleared the clash site we found In 2013, 747 mobile phones were confiscated from inmates said he followed Melton’s orders to shoot the North Carolina recovered a .45-caliber handgun, picks and a shovel, accord- seven men shot dead and we seized six bags of in North Carolina’s prisons. So far this year, 166 have been man for fear he or his loved ones would be killed if he didn’t. ing to the FBI. — AP methamphetamine,” a local border task force official said by telephone, adding that each bag contained an estimated 100,000 tablets. “Sporadic shooting continued through the Woman jailed for life night,” said the official, who did not want to be named. Clashes between security forces and in stiletto heel slaying drug traffickers are fairly common in the king- dom’s border regions including in the Golden HOUSTON: A woman was sentenced to life in deliberations, and also found that the crime was Triangle, where the remote edges of Thailand, prison Friday for fatally stabbing her boyfriend not done in the heat of sudden passion. Trujillo Myanmar and Laos meet. Thailand has seen a with the stiletto heel of her shoe, striking him at took the witness stand on Thursday, telling marked increase in seizures of methampheta- least 25 times in the face and head. Ana Trujillo jurors that she was forced to kill Andersson to mine, which is relatively cheap and easy to was convicted of murder Tuesday by the same save her own life during a more than hourlong make. Known as yaba-”crazy medicine”-the pills jury for killing 59-year-old Alf Stefan Andersson, fight after being chased down, knocked into a are often smuggled from neighboring Myanmar a native of Sweden who became a US citizen, wall and thrown over a couch. where armed rebels use profits from narcotics during an argument last June at his Houston During about seven hours of rambling testi- to fund their operations. condominium. Defense attorneys argued that mony, she testified that she had no idea she had Trujillo, 45, was defending herself from an attack hurt Andersson so badly until she reached for 4 killed in landslide by Andersson, who was a University of Houston him and realized her hands were full of blood. KABUL: A landslide triggered by heavy rains professor and researcher. Carroll maintained Friday that Trujillo killed and a small earthquake swept through two vil- Trujillo could be seen silently crying Friday Andersson in “pure self-defense” and that “she lages in northern Afghanistan killing four peo- when her sentence was handed down. “I never did what she had to.” “The fact she took a stiletto ple and destroying around 100 houses, officials ORLAND: Parents of Adrian Castro, leave a Red Cross Shelter in Orland, Calif. Ten people meant to hurt him,” Trujillo said before the judge to his face 25 times and then paraded around said yesterday. The natural disaster occurred made the jury’s decision final. “It was never my town like she’s the victim, that’s insulting,” prose- were killed and dozens injured in the crash on Interstate 5 between a FedEx truck and a overnight in the Rustaq district of northern tour bus carrying high school students. — AP intent. I loved him. I wanted to get away. I never cutor Sarah Mickelson said during closing argu- wanted to kill him.” Andersson’s niece, Ylva ments. Trujillo also testified she had been Takhar province, about 300 kilometers north- Olofsson, said the family was happy with the ver- repeatedly abused by men and sexually assault- east of the capital Kabul, police spokesman Dreams dashed in fatal dict. “My uncle was a great man. He was kind. He ed, and that Andersson was a heavy drinker who Abdul Khalil Aseer said. “Four civilians-three didn’t deserve what happened to him. We are would get angry with her. Witnesses presented men and a woman-were killed as a result of college tour bus crash happy that justice is served,” she said. by prosecutors in the punishment phase landslide, heavy rains and (an) earthquake in Prosecutors said that jurors - who declined to detailed Trujillo’s criminal history or firsthand two remote villages of Rustaq district,” on the outskirt of northern Takhar province, he said. ORLAND: It was a busload of opportunity: was “extraordinary,” and that he connected speak with reporters afterward - told them that experiences in which she became violent young, low-income, motivated students, des- with their children “on a level few others it was the physical evidence that proved to them toward them when she drank. Trujillo was arrest- According to the United States Geological tined to become the first in their families to go could, and he contributed to their wellbeing this was not self-defense. “She hit him 25 times ed twice for drunk driving. She had been drink- Survey, a minor 4.1-magnitude quake struck to college, journeying from the concrete in such a positive and profound way.” “He will in the head. That is a hard thing to overcome,” ing the night of Andersson’s death but her blood northeast Afghanistan at 2:30 am local time sprawl of Los Angeles to a remote redwood be greatly missed,” Farris said. said prosecutor John Jordan. Trujillo’s attorney, alcohol level was not tested, according to testi- (2220 GMT Friday) at a depth of 203 kilometers. campus 650 miles north. Those dreams shat- A Facebook photo shows Haywood flash- Jack Carroll, said he thought the life sentence mony. During the trial, prosecutors highlighted The death toll might increase as Afghan police tered for some Thursday in an explosive free- ing a shining diamond engagement ring on was too harsh. Carroll said he thought the jurors that Trujillo, a native of Mexico, did not have any forces head to the scene, Aseer said. Sunatullah way collision that left 10 dead - students, her finger and kissing Myvett in December were “worried about her future dangerousness ... injuries from her confrontation with Andersson Taimoor, a spokesman for the governor of chaperones and both drivers - and dozens near the Louvre Museum in Paris. The bus was I don’t think she’s dangerous.” During closing while the researcher had defensive wounds on Takhar, confirmed the death toll. “Around 100 hospitalized. Desperate families awaited word among three Humboldt had chartered as part arguments in the trial’s punishment phase, his hands and wrists. —AP houses were destroyed in last night’s landslide,” about loved ones Friday, while investigators of its two-day Preview Plus program to bring Jordan asked jurors for the maximum sentence: he said, adding residents had climbed to higher tried to figure out why a southbound FedEx prospective students to tour the Arcata cam- life in prison. Jordan said Trujillo not only violent- ground for safety. big rig swerved across the grassy divide of pus, according to university officials. Before ly killed Andersson but tried to ruin his character by falsely claiming he had abused her. California’s key artery before sideswiping a car launching the event Friday, university Vice Colombian drug bust and slamming into the tour bus, which burst President Peg Blake’s voice broke as she asked “Send the message that in our community, when you beat a man to death for no reason, BOGOTA: The Colombian Army seized 1.3 tons into a furious blaze. a crowded theater for a moment of silence in of marijuana worth nearly a million dollars, The Serrato family, whose identical twin honor of everyone affected by the accident. when you come into a courtroom and you slaughter his good name ... that we in Texas are allegedly owned by FARC leftist guerrillas, it said 17-year-old daughters set off on the adven- The CHP and the National Transportation yesterday. Most of the haul was seized in north- ture on separate buses Thursday, had a pan- Safety Board were investigating, but warned it going to hold you accountable,” Jordan said. Carroll had asked jurors to find that his client act- ern Cauca, where “soldiers seized 1,239 kilo- icked, sleepless night. Marisol made it to their could take months to conclude what hap- grams (2,732 pounds) of marijuana,” a statement destination, Humboldt State University, but pened. Mark Rosekind, an NTSB member, said ed in the heat of sudden passion, which would from the army’s third brigade said. A further 100 there was no word from Marisa, who had been Friday that the agency would be gathering have limited her sentence to between two and aboard the now-gutted bus. Friday morning information over the next one to two weeks. 20 years. Carroll asked jurors to give her a two- kilograms of marijuana was seized in the neigh- when a sheriff’s deputy asked for Marisa’s den- He said it will review whether the stretch of year sentence. “Ms Trujillo needs mercy right boring department of Valle del Cauca, “from a tal records, a grim request made to several California freeway where the bus was struck now,” he said. During Carroll’s closing argument, person who was transporting it to Cali” the capi- families, 23-year-old brother Miguel Serrato should have had a barrier along the median to Trujillo began crying. Prosecutors argued Friday tal of the department, the statement added. The said his family was “getting a little bit scared.” prevent head-on collisions. that Trujillo didn’t kill Andersson in a moment of stash was apparently intended for export, it said. His mother booked a flight north. In addition, Rosekind said it will determine sudden passion but that his slaying was a vicious The FARC, the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces Humboldt alumni Michael Myvett, 29, and whether a fire suppression system recom- murder in which she pinned him down and of Colombia, is the largest rebel group in his fiancee, Mattison Haywood, who were mended but not mandated for buses would repeatedly stabbed him with her shoe while he Colombia, with between 7,000 and 8,000 mem- chaperoning, also were killed. Myvett was a have made a difference in the crash. Most sur- never fought back. bers. It has been battling an insurgency against therapist at an autism treatment center. “He vivors were injured, some with critical burns During their deliberations Friday, jurors asked the government for 50 years. The group has just died,” his grandmother Debra Loyd said, or broken limbs. Those who made it out said to look at several pieces of evidence, including since 2012 been in peace talks with the govern- her voice breaking with emotion in the early they scrambled through a kicked-out window. the 5.5 inch (140 millimeter) blue suede stiletto HOUSTON: Ana Trujillo gestures as she ment. Negotiations at the moment are focused heel - a size 9 platform pump. They reached afternoon Friday. “They have already con- One man, apparently an admissions coun- testifies during the punishment phase of on the cultivation and trafficking of illegal drugs. firmed it.” Myvett’s manager Kyle Farris said he selor, was in flames and later died. —AP agreement on a sentence after 41/2 hours of her trial in Houston. — AP SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Ukraine, Russian neighbors press NATO for backup

WARSAW: Ex-Soviet countries fearing instructors to permanently deployed land, could prompt a review of the US military spillover from the Ukraine crisis have asked naval, special operation or air forces,” he said. presence in Europe, which has declined NATO for land forces and other backup, NATO has already enhanced air policing over steadily since the end of the Cold War. “While potentially moving the region one step clos- the Baltic states, deployed AWACS reconnais- we do not seek confrontation with Russia, its er to a new Cold War. The nail-biting drama sance planes over Poland and Romania and actions in Europe and Eurasia may require has already led the Western military alliance overseen an increased naval presence in the the United States to re-examine our force to step up defense measures in eastern and Black Sea. But Rasmussen himself said “we posture in Europe and our requirement for central Europe, but the region’s leaders are need to take more steps.” “These considera- future deployments, exercises and training seeking more. The calls from Baltic states tions might include an update and develop- in the region,” said Assistant Secretary of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania-which all border ment of our defense plans, enhanced exercis- Defense Derek Chollet. Speaking ahead of a Russia and have sizeable ethnic Russian pop- es and also appropriate deployments,” he NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels ulations-and Ukraine’s neighbors Poland and told reporters in Sofia on Friday. earlier this month, Poland’s top diplomat, Romania come as the United States accuses Radoslaw Sikorski, said the country “would Russia of wanting to “create chaos” to have a ‘Concrete expectations’ welcome any forces” on its territory. pretext for more military intervention. Poland’s Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the “All members should enjoy the same lev- “We hope NATO’s increased presence in right-wing opposition, says he believes el of security,” he told reporters, after earlier the Baltic region is not just temporary and installing US military bases in his country saying he would be happy with two heavy limited to reinforced air patrols,” Estonian would be the only way to counter Russian NATO brigades at home. His counterpart in Defense Minister Sven Mikser said on state President Vladimir Putin’s “expansionist Romania, which along with the Baltics joined radio last week. Mikser, who is to meet with ambitions”. The move would be highly con- the alliance in 2004, voiced concern NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen in troversial for Moscow, reversing an informal Thursday over the developments in Ukraine, Brussels tomorrow, added that talks are agreement made when NATO expanded stressing that his country is “on the frontline”. ISTANBUL Photo shows the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun pass- ongoing “about having NATO rotating land east to include former Warsaw Pact countries “Romania has concrete expectations of a ing the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. Turkey has dismissed as “out of the units in our region”. His Lithuanian counter- that were eager to break away from years of redeployment and an eastward reposition- question” claims from Russia that it had allowed US warships to stay part Juozas Olekas said Friday he was also in Soviet domination. “It’s time to put an end ing of NATO’s naval, air and ground forces,” longer in the Black Sea than permitted under international law. Russia talks with the alliance on beefed-up security, to the restrictions on NATO troop presence Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean said. “The has complained that US warships have remained in the Black Sea longer with some decisions already made and oth- in Poland,” Kaczynski told reporters on Black Sea region must be a top priority for than the 21 days allowed by an international treaty, amid ongoing ten- ers to be taken next week. Friday. NATO and the EU,” he said, calling on the sions between Moscow and the West. —AFP “The presence of NATO member forces in A senior Pentagon official had said alliance to take a firm stand to prevent a con- Lithuania may take various forms-from Tuesday that Russia’s takeover of Crimea tagion of the Ukraine crisis. —AFP French foreign minister on historic visit to Cuba First such visit in 30 years

HAVANA: France’s foreign minister was markets where French firms are traditionally Paris Club of creditor nations to resume debt expected to arrive in Cuba today for a brief weak, as Paris looks to find growth opportuni- negotiations with Havana, broken off in 2000. but historic visit, the first by such a high-rank- ties overseas. France is looking to expand its In February, the EU agreed to begin nego- ing French official in 30 years and a sign of the business ties with Latin America and sees tiations with Cuba to increase trade, invest- quickening pace of improving ties between Cuba as an important player in the region, ment and dialogue on human rights in its the European Union and Havana. Foreign given that it hosted a regional summit earlier most significant diplomatic shift since it lifted Minister Laurent Fabius was scheduled to this year and both Brazil and Mexico are sanctions on the country in 2008. The talks have a working lunch with his Cuban counter- increasing their presence in the country. are scheduled to begin April 29 in Havana, part Bruno Rodriguez before meeting with Fabius was scheduled to return to France in according to European diplomats. Cuba has Cardinal Jaime Ortega and then French busi- the evening, having been in Mexico before been subject to a US embargo for five nessmen. stopping in Havana. Bilateral trade last year decades. It is eager to eliminate the EU’s Rodriguez met with Laurent in Paris last was $388 million (280 million Euros), accord- “common position,” enacted in December month. “We expect him to discuss the start of ing to the French government, mainly wheat 1996, which links human rights and democra- a political dialogue that will include human exports to the communist-run Caribbean cy conditions to improved economic rela- rights, and business opportunities provided island. Construction and engineering firm tions. To do so, the two sides will have to by economic reforms on the island,” a French Bouygues, beverage maker Pernod-Ricard, the reach a new accord that is agreeable to all 28 diplomat said, adding that no agreements Accor tourism corporation and energy compa- member states, including Poland and the would be signed. Since Fabius took office in ny Total, all have investments in Cuba and are Czech Republic, which have taken a harder 2012 he has tried to shift more of France’s among 60 French firms operating in the coun- line on Cuba given their own communist ABERDEEN: Scotland’s First Minister and Scottish National Party (SNP) leader diplomatic focus toward winning contracts in try. France has also been leading efforts by the pasts. —Reuters Alex Salmond delivers the closing speech at the SNP Spring Conference at the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre yesterday. —AFP Berlusconi’s ally detained in Scots urged to put aside Beirut ahead of mafia verdict politics for independence ABERDEEN: Scotland’s leader Alex of an independent Scotland would be in Salmond yesterday urged Scots to put control of tax, the economy, social securi- ROME: Beirut police yesterday picked Alfano, a former Berlusconi ally who obtained by Reuters said Dell’Utri’s cell taken into custody, but that he aside party politics in the vote on inde- ty, employment, immigration, oil and gas up a longtime political ally and friend broke with the centre-right leader last phone had been detected in Beirut on expected Italy would request extradi- pendence, as he tries to win support from revenues, European policy and a range of of former Italian prime minister Silvio year, said on the sidelines of a political April 3, and that he had departed tion and said that Dell’Utri would Labor rivals for his bid to leave the United other areas now under Westminster’s con- Berlusconi after he was declared a rally in Rome. from Italy in mid-March. But Dell’Utri, likely have to hire a Lebanese lawyer Kingdom. In an address to the Scottish trol. “That may be the SNP. It may be fugitive earlier last week. A Palermo The 5-Star Movement and another in a statement issued through his to assist him. A year ago, a Palermo National Party’s (SNP) last conference Labor. It may be a coalition,” he will say. “I court said on Friday that former sena- opposition party had called for lawyer, Giuseppe Di Peri, responded appeals court convicted the 72-year- before a Sept 18 referendum, Salmond tell you what it won’t be. It won’t be a tor Marcello Dell’Utri, who co-founded Alfano’s resignation after police lost on Friday that he had left the country old Dell’Utri of acting as a go- stressed that a vote for independence is government led by a party with just a sin- Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party in 1994, track of Dell’Utri. “His capture was for medical tests and some rest after between for the Sicilian Mafia and not a vote for him or his party but a way gle MP in Scotland,” he will add, referring was considered a fugitive ahead of a obviously connected to an extradition undergoing an angioplasty a few the Milan business elite, including to put Scotland’s future in its own hands. to the Conservative Party which is unpop- final verdict in a trial for mafia collu- procedure that the Italian govern- weeks ago. He did not say where he Berlusconi’s companies, until 1992 His appeal comes after a narrowing in ular in Scotland but the major partner of sion, due on Tuesday. “He was cap- ment, through the justice ministry, will was. and sentenced him to seven years in opinion polls that has for the first time Britain’s ruling coalition. tured and is now in a Lebanese police activate immediately,” Alfano added. Yesterday, Di Peri said he had not prison. made a vote for independence look a pos- In the Scottish Parliament the SNP office,” Interior Minister Angelino An arrest warrant dated April 8 spoken with his client since he was Dell’Utri, who denies any wrong- sibility, with both sides trying to persuade holds 65 seats while Labor has 38 and the doing, appealed to the country’s the up to 15 percent of voters who remain Conservatives 15. The rest are held by highest court. In accordance with undecided. Liberal Democrats, Greens and independ- Italian law, the Sicilian-born Dell’Utri Salmond promised to set up an all-par- ents. Salmond’s appeal for cross-party was free as he awaited the final rul- ty “Team Scotland” group after any “Yes” support comes as opinion polls this week ing. If it is upheld, he would have vote, to negotiate the terms of independ- showed support for independence at faced immediate arrest. ence by March 24, 2016. His promise is an about 40 percent, up from 30 percent a In the statement issued on Friday, appeal to Scottish Labor voters, many of year ago, and compared to 45 percent Dell’Utri said he was confident that whom bitterly oppose the SNP, which opposition. The pro-union Better the high court would rule in his won the first majority government of Together campaign said the polls showed favor, adding that it was not his Scotland’s devolved parliament in a land- they were still ahead, citing a YouGov sur- intention to hide from the verdict. slide victory in 2011. “A Yes vote in vey on Friday that found 57 percent of Dell’Utri and four-time prime minis- September is not a vote for me, or for an Scots supported Scotland staying in the ter Berlusconi, 77, have been friends SNP government in 2016 (at the next UK but with increased powers for the since they attended university Scottish election),” Salmond is expected Scottish Parliament. together in Milan in the early 1960s. to tell 1,200 party faithful gathered in Businesses have raised concerns about Berlusconi is not a defendant in the Aberdeen, the oil capital of Scotland, for the risks of independence and the uncer- trial. Dell’Utri ran the advertising com- the two-day conference. “It’s a vote for a tainty regarding what currency would be pany in Berlusconi’s media empire government in Scotland that the people used in an independent Scotland, finan- from 1984 to 1995, and became a key of Scotland choose, pursuing policies the cial regulations, taxation and European adviser when Berlusconi entered poli- people of Scotland support.” Union membership. “As part of the UK we tics two decades ago, helping him to can have the best of both worlds - a establish his own political party Rallying call strong Scottish Parliament, with the guar- from scratch. Both Berlusconi and Salmond stressed that the reason to antee of more powers, backed up by the Dell’Utri have been dogged by legal vote for independence and end the 307- strength, security and stability of being troubles for most of their political year-old tie to England is so that oil-rich part of the larger UK. Only separation careers, and both accuse magis- Scotland can decide its own policies and would put that at risk,” said the shadow trates of persecuting them for politi- not have its fate determined by politicians Secretary of State for Scotland Margaret Ex-senator Marcello Dell’Utri cal reasons. —Reuters in London. He said that any government Curran. —Reuters Vigilantes trap 14,000 Muslims in CAR town BODA: Stifled by the heat inside a barn in the said Saifou, one of those sheltering in the suf- which typifies the terrifying plunge into ethno- resistant to diseases such as scabies and malar- three small wooden bridges that traverse the Central African Republic town of Boda, dozens focating barn. “I have lost many things, even religious violence that has swept the country- ia. The most feeble have died. Yet those who filthy waters of a canal because death is all but of emaciated and often sick displaced people my cattle. I had 800 of them,” said Saifou who, was halted by the arrival of French peacekeep- could still stand on trembling legs proved certain on the far side. The bridges today lead subsist in fear of the vigilantes who surround like some 200 other displaced people stuck in ing troops. ready to stumble forward and greet visitors. to a no-man’s land of burned-out houses them. The group, members of an extended the town, is from the Fula ethnic group, a pre- Karim, clad in a brightly colored shirt, came owned by Muslims and Christians alike. family, fled to Boda from the village of Danga dominantly Muslim, herding people whose No milk for baby back from the food handout disgruntled. “The 25 kilometers away, seeking shelter from the members are scattered across west and central Since then, however, anti-balaka forces WFP isn’t giving us sugar, no honey, no fire- ‘Muslims showed wicked side’ anti-balaka-or “anti-machete”, mainly-Christian Africa. have laid siege to the town, once called “Boda wood, just rice and maize,” he said. “The Facing the main road and watching over militia groups that have been hunting and Boda began its bloody downward spiral at the Beautiful” for its majestic, centuries-old Christians wanted to kill us in order to take the no-man’s land with machine-guns, about killing members of the crisis-torn country’s the end of January, after coup leader-turned- trees. A woman in the barn who was nursing a away our property. We can’t even go the 100 soldiers from France’s 2,000-strong peace- Muslim minority. But days after the family president Michel Djotodia gave up power malnourished baby lifted up her shirt and mosque in our district,” added Karim, who was keeping force guard the frontier between arrived in Boda, fierce clashes broke out under international pressure. Djotodia was squeezed her breast to show that she had no born in Boda and had wanted “to stay here”. communities. Three armoured cars are posted between the anti-balaka and local Muslims, accused of letting ex-fighters from Seleka, the milk for her infant. Her mother, Khadidja Labi, He vented the anger felt by Boda’s Muslims on the square in front of the town hall. To the ending with the Christian militia forces encir- mainly Muslim rebel coalition that swept him lay immobile on a mat, already looking like over businesses that had been looted and right of it, a battered old road rises up to the cling the southwestern diamond-mining town. to power 10 months earlier, wage a campaign death. Labi was unsuccessful in signing on for destroyed around the town centre, which is church and Christian districts, which have More than 14,000 Muslims, including the of atrocities against the Christian majority. the scarce food handed out each morning by crossed by a single long road of red earth, become home to 9,000 displaced people. displaced family from Danga, are now trapped Seleka fighters abandoned Boda after Djotodia staff of the UN World Food Program (WFP). lined by small stalls with virtually nothing to Here, a small market remains, along with street inside with no way out and very limited sup- stepped down, and horrific fighting broke out The last distribution was four weeks ago, sell. The road is the only territory still open to kitchens and the sound of music. The mood is plies. “I am suffering very much. No house, no between people of both faiths. More than 100 time enough to weaken the family and make the Muslims, all gathered into a single district. less desperate than in Muslim territory and food. The anti-balaka are killing people-many,” people were killed in a week. The bloodshed- them more susceptible to diarrhoea and less Frightened inhabitants can no longer cross meat, vegetables and fruit are available. —AFP p11_Layout 1 4/12/14 11:25 PM Page 1

INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 Adultery website tests the law in South Korea

SEOUL: Noel Biderman insists he has no problems Korea offers particular challenges given a 1953 statute ily values and public morality.” Like Singapore, South and are discussing internally what to do with it,” Song sleeping at night after launching an adultery hook-up that criminalizes adultery. Biderman believes the law is Korea is modern but socially conservative, particularly said, while acknowledging there was nothing inherent- site in South Korea where marital infidelity is a crime “hopelessly outdated” but still heeded legal advice not when it comes to the Internet. Last year about 23,000 ly criminal about the website. South Korea’s adultery punishable by up to two years in prison. Biderman is to attend the South Korea launch in person. He insists Korean webpages were deleted, and another 63,000 law is not much of a deterrent, and conviction usually the CEO of Canada-based AshleyMadison.com-slogan: that his website simply facilitates an activity that is uni- blocked, at the request of the Korea Communications results in a suspended sentence rather than actual jail “Life is short. Have an affair”-which claims more than versal and crosses all social and geographical bound- Standards Commission (KCSC), a largely government- time. As an offence, it can only be prosecuted on com- 25 million subscribers in 35 countries and launched in aries. “Infidelity is present in Asian culture, in the same appointed body. The main targets were pornography, plaint, and any case is closed as soon as the plaintiff South Korea last month. Within a week, 46,000 people way that it is present in every other culture in the world,” prostitution and gambling. drops the charge. Whereas 216 people were given had signed up and Biderman said the company was he told AFP in a telephone interview from New York. prison terms under the law in 2004, that figure had targeting a membership of around 500,000 - or one But not every Asian government sees that as a rea- ‘Problematic’ but not criminal dropped to 42 by 2008. But it remains on the statute percent of the total population. son to welcome AshleyMadison. Singapore’s Media KCSC official Song Myung-Hoon said that the com- books, despite half a dozen referrals for review to the The website is no stranger to Asia, having already Development Authority banned the website in mission had been “closely monitoring” AshleyMadison country’s Constitutional Court, and there is no great launched in Japan, India and Hong Kong, but South November, saying it constituted an attack on “our fam- since its launch. “We know this website is problematic groundswell of opinion to have it removed.—AFP Pakistan drops attempted murder case against baby Case provokes widespread ridicule

LAHORE: A Pakistani court yesterday because they were colluding with a rival threw out charges of attempted murder party who wanted to see the accused against a nine-month-old baby, in a case evicted from their land and had that highlighted endemic flaws in the obtained an order to remove their gas country’s legal system and provoked connections. widespread ridicule. The court also Yasin and four others, including his launched a separate case to look into son Muhammad Imran, are on bail in the how police pressed charges against baby case and the charges against them Mohammad Musa after his family remain. “We want justice and protection clashed with gas company officials in a from the land grabbers,” Yasin told JAMMU: In this file photo, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (left) looks on as working class neighborhood in the east- reporters outside the court. He said a Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi gestures during the foundation stone lying cere- ern city of Lahore. Police lodged a case land grabbing “mafia” was threatening mony of hydro power project in Kishtwar district of Jammu. A tell-all book by an ex-aide to India’s Premier Manmohan Singh depicting him as a powerless political puppet hit book- against the whole family. him and other residents of the area. stores yesterday, stirring new controversy in the midst of a bitterly fought election. — AFP The case drew international attention “Police will be solely responsible if the and sparked ridicule against the mafia causes any harm to the residents,” Pakistani criminal justice system, after he added. Local human rights activist India PM in office the toddler was photographed crying Tariq Farooq said that the attitude of the desperately while being fingerprinted in police was “anti-worker and anti-poor”. court. His grandfather was later seen try- “We don’t expect any good from the but ‘not in power’ ing to comfort him with a milk bottle. police, who often implicate the poor in Inspector Kashif Muhammad, who was at false cases and then exploit and victim- the crime scene and pressed attempted ize them,” Tariq added. NEW DELHI: A tell-all book by an ex-aide to blind eye to the misdeeds of his ministers”. murder charges against the baby, has Khwaja Khalid Farooq, a former India’s Premier Manmohan Singh depicting Congress has been rocked by a string of since been suspended. Punjab police chief, said that implicating him as a powerless political puppet hit scandals involving misallocation of telecom The charges were in direct contradic- an infant in a murder case was “totally bookstores this weekend, stirring new con- licenses to mining rights that have cost the tion with Pakistan’s minimum age of illegal”. He added that he was opposed to troversy in the midst of a bitterly fought public treasury billions of dollars, according criminal responsibility, which was raised a growing reliance by police on “first election. The book, giving ammunition to to government officials. Singh thought he from seven to 12 years in 2013 except in information reports” (FIRs) — when a opposition critics during the marathon could choose cabinet ministers but “he was vote that winds up May 12, paints a damn- defanged” as “Sonia nipped that hope in terrorism cases. Police told Judge complainant first registers a crime with ing portrait of a premier who was in office the bud”, said Baru. Rafaqat Ali Qamar yesterday that the police-saying that the reports are often LAHORE: Nine month Pakistan toddler Mohammad Musa but “not in power”-while ruling Congress The author added that Singh had little baby was “no longer required in the misused to exert pressure in disputes feeds from a bottle while held by his grandfather party president Sonia Gandhi called the authority over his cabinet and a senior case”. Musa’s grandfather, Muhammad with other parties. “This is an outdated Muhammad Yasin (unseen) after a court hearing in Lahore shots. Entitled “The Accidental Prime bureaucrat would seek Gandhi’s “instruc- Yasin, subsequently withdrew a bail system, which needs to be reformed,” yesterday. A Pakistani court yesterday threw out charges Minister-The Making and Unmaking of tions on the important files to be cleared application for the baby as the court Farooq said. “They (the police) should of attempted murder against him in a case that highlight- Manmohan Singh,” the book is by academic by the PM”. Singh’s spokesman, Pankaj dropped the case. Yasin had accused rather focus on thorough investigation to ed endemic flaws in the country’s legal system and pro- and journalist Sanjaya Baru, a former media Pachauri, told AFP the book “smacks of fic- police of fabricating the charges get to the facts.”— AFP voked widespread ridicule. — AFP advisor to the current prime minister, who tion” and alleged Baru misused a “privi- left his post in 2008. leged position” for “commercial gain”. Baru Traditionally, the leader of India’s ruling replied he was “amused” by the reaction. Modi stands party is also premier. But Gandhi, who led The book’s release comes as India’s multi- the campaigns that swept Congress to phase election is in full swing, with the by Hindu power in 2004 and again in 2009, turned opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya down the job, fearing her Italian birth Janata Party (BJP) tipped to win. Results customs would become an explosive political issue are due May 16. Baru portrays Singh as an as Hindu nationalists said her foreign origin eminent economist who initiated India’s NEW DELHI: Hindu national- made her unfit to rule India. She hand- first round of landmark economic reforms ist Narendra Modi, leading picked Singh, known as a family loyalist, for in the 1990s. But Baru said he made one the race to be India’s next the post but Baru said Gandhi’s much “fatal error of judgment” in “promising loy- prime minister, yesterday hailed “renunciation of power” was more a alty to (an undemocratic) hereditary suc- sought to blunt criticism that “political tactic than a response to a higher cession”. he is hostile to Muslims, the calling”. Baru said Singh decided early on to In rare past interviews, Gandhi, widow country’s biggest minority “surrender” to Gandhi and quotes the pre- of slain former premier Rajiv Gandhi, has group. Modi, candidate of the mier as saying he had “to accept the party made it clear she sees herself as torchbear- opposition Bharatiya Janata president (Gandhi) is the centre of power”. er of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty which has Party (BJP), was asked by a given India three prime minister. She television interviewer to Blind eye to corruption pushed her son Rahul Gandhi, 43, on to the explain his refusal to wear a Critics have long charged Gandhi held political stage to lead the Congress cam- skullcap offered to him by a the reins of power in the Singh administra- paign. But Rahul’s reluctance to take up his Muslim cleric in the state of tion but Baru’s book is the first by a close political mantle and his wooden perform- Gujarat three years ago. “I live advisor to the prime minister to make that ances are seen as key factors in the BJP’s by my tradition which is why I claim. In a strong criticism of the soft-spo- expected victory. The BJP, led by firebrand would not like to wear a skull- ken premier, Baru said Singh “averted his conservative hawk Narendra Modi, cap and pose for a photo- eyes from corruption” to ensure his scan- pounced gleefully on the book. “I’ve been graph just to deceive people,” dal-tainted government’s “longevity”. saying from day one the prime minister Modi said, according to a Singh, 81, who retires after this election, presides and madam (Sonia) decides. This transcript provided by the maintained the “highest standards of (per- has been proved by this book,” BJP leader television station. Hindus have no prescribed headgear, sonal) probity in public life”, but turned a Venkaiah Naidu said. — AFP but the wearing of skullcaps is firmly within the Muslim tradition. Hindu-Muslim relations have been a key issue in the Indian general election, with critics accusing Modi of not doing enough to protect Muslims in a spasm of reli- gious violence in the western state of Gujarat in 2002 that left at least 1,000 dead. About 13 percent of India’s 1.2 bil- lion people are Muslim. Critics say the Hindu nation- alists harbor a deep-seated bias against the Muslims and that Modi’s rise as the poten- tial leader of a country as diverse as India is a threat to its secular foundations. Modi, who is a three-time chief minister of Gujarat and a vet- eran member of the right- wing Hindu group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, denies that he or his party has any religious bias. He talked about progress for Muslims, who are seen as lagging behind the Hindu majority in government jobs and in the broader economy. “I believe that while those with skullcaps on their heads hold the Koran in one hand, they should also have a com- puter in the other hand,” Modi said in the interview due to be broadcast later. Modi’s BJP hopes to oust the ruling Congress Party of Rahul Gandhi, with its prom- ises of jobs and new infra- structure.—Reuters SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Myanmar’s census extended amid controversy YANGON: A group of women predominantly Buddhist nation. It school teachers have fanned out counted and shops, buildings, fer- majority of Rohingyas insisted on the census commission, said the dressed in green sarong-like was supposed to end last Thursday, across Myanmar on foot collecting ries and buses were plastered with being recorded by their ethnicity. Rohingyas’ classification was one longyis and simple white blouses but was extended yesterday until data for the census, expected to posters encouraging people to “Our ethnic identity is very impor- of the reasons counting had to be stand around a table piled with the end of May, due to “technical count between 48 million and 65 take part. Susu Win, a volunteer tal- tant to us for getting equal rights extended, adding that some actu- census forms, entering neat nota- and logistical problems”. million citizens. On April 10, on lying numbers in Yangon, said she with other people in Myanmar,” ally wanted to be counted as tions on spreadsheets by hand. The The census - the first in three what was supposed to be the final worked 12 hours a day and inter- she said. Bengalis. “We heard from some women will have to go through decades - has long been mired in day of the census, volunteers went viewed, on average, 100 families. Repression during nearly 50 people that they would like to be 37,579 family census forms, controversy, much of it concerning door-to-door in Yangon, “The biggest problem is that we years of military rule kept ethnic identified as ‘Bengali’, as they real- according to officials, using calcu- the counting of Rohingya - Myanmar’s commercial capital, rac- had to climb eight, nine floors in tensions in check in one of Asia’s ly are, but they are not brave lators to tally the total numbers Muslims who live in western ing to gather data for a census esti- four to five buildings a day with no most diverse countries. But these enough to do so because of the because they have no access to Rakhine state and often described mated by rights groups and other elevators,” she said. Rights organi- have burst into the open since pressure and threats behind computers. The scene underscores by the United Nations as one of the groups to cost $74 million. zations and ethnic groups in 2011, when a quasi-civilian gov- them,” the Democracy Today Daily the challenges of carrying out a most persecuted minorities in the Trucks with loudspeakers Myanmar have called for the cen- ernment took power. The country quoted Khin Yi as saying, com- census in this poor and sprawling, world. Officials say some 100,000 blared reminders for people to be sus to be postponed until it can be has endured several spasms of ments that a senior ministry offi- carried out fairly and safely. violence pitting Rakhine cial later confirmed. “They were The government had promised Buddhists against Rohingya. At always recorded as Bengali, since international sponsors that ethnic least some of the attacks were the censuses under the British groups could choose their classifi- blamed on Buddhist extremist (colonial rule) till the last one in cation. But a day before the census groups. 1983.” The problem is not limited kicked off, presidential spokesman Critics argue that Myanmar’s to the Rohingyas. Ye Htut indicated that use of the government and the United The government and UNFPA term Rohingya would be prohibit- Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have been criticized for basing the ed. In Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine knew the census would be prob- census on 135 officially recognized state, Buddhists protested against lematic before it began, but ethnic groups. Critics say that is the use of the term Rohingya, say- ignored the concerns. Rights outdated and inaccurate. Ethnic ing it would give them legitimacy. groups say the government is groups say their political represen- The government describes the deliberately preventing the tation and claims to ethnicity could Rohingya as Bengalis, a term that Rohingyas from being counted. be compromised if they are under- implies they are illegal immigrants “The writing was on the wall and counted. According to Human from neighboring Bangladesh. everyone knew it,” said Matthew Rights Watch, several armed ethnic Many say they have lived in Smith, executive director of Fortify rebel groups said they would bar Rakhine for generations. Rights, a rights group based in census-takers - enumerators - from Southeast Asia. “The government their territory. Questions have Rohingyas stress origin never had any intention of recog- been raised about the validity of Rohingya activist Wai Wai Nu, nizing the Rohingya ethnicity the census. “If UNFPA and the gov- who says her family has been in through the census.” Trouble broke ernment heeded warnings to at Myanmar for centuries, said cen- out last month when 400 rioters in least remove the ethnic and reli- sus-takers at her Yangon home Sittwe damaged offices, homes, gious questions, then a partial cen- refused to list her as Rohingya, warehouses, and vehicles belong- sus would have been better than saying it was not permitted. When ing to aid groups and the UN. none at all,” said Smith. “At this YANGON: Residents of Dala dip plastic containers in a pond to collect drinking water in the she demanded written proof, she International aid workers with- point, it would’ve been better for suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar. —AP was told it was a verbal order. The drew. Minister of Immigration and the country if the enumerators 27-year-old activist said the vast Population Khin Yi, who is head of stayed home.” —Reuters North Korea blasts reunification offer Pyongyang calls proposal ‘psychopath’s daydream’

SEOUL: North Korea yesterday spokesman noted that German The North Korean spokesman urged after the North dropped around blasted South Korean President reunification came about with the Seoul to abide by earlier agreements 100 shells across the maritime Park Geun-Hye’s proposal on laying West absorbing the East and including a landmark agreement boundary during a live-fire drill. the groundwork for reunification accused Park of begging foreign signed in 2000, stressing all these pre- The exchange followed a North through economic exchanges and countries to help a reunification in vious accords gave priority to Korean warning that it might carry humanitarian aid as the “daydream which South Korea absorbed the addressing the issue of easing mili- out a “new” form of nuclear test-a of a psychopath”. The blistering North. “This is merely a daydream tary confrontation. possible reference to a uranium- attack from the North’s powerful of psychopath”, he said, denounc- based device or a miniaturized National Defense Commission ing Park’s proposal, billed as the Tensions high warhead small enough to fit on a (NDC) was the first official reaction “Dresden Declaration” by Seoul, as Tensions on the Korean penin- ballistic missile. Park also said in from Pyongyang to a proposal Park “nonsense” full of “hypocrisy and sula remain high since the South the Dresden speech that the South This NASA Earth Observatory handout satellite image received yesterday shows made in a speech last month in deception”. launched annual military exercises would help funnel international Tropical Cyclone Ita as it bore down on Australia’s Cook Peninsula. —AFP Dresden in the former East “The fact that in that particular with the United States in February, funding to the North’s economic development should Pyongyang give up its nuclear weapons pro- Cyclone batters Australia grams. But the NDC spokesman said: Great Barrier Reef coast “They should bear in mind that the tongue-lashing of Park Geun-Hye is SYDNEY: A tropical cyclone battered Australia’s seven kilometres an hour. the first root cause of deteriorating Barrier Reef coast yesterday, knocking out power Winds gusting up to 120 kilometers per hour the North-South relations and and phone lines for thousands of people and were still possible between Cooktown and Port beclouding the prospect of the threatening floods, despite weakening as it Douglas yesterday, with gusts up to 100 kph as nation.” “It is the unanimous view headed south towards major tourist resorts. Tens far south as Cairns and surrounding inland areas, of the public that the North-South of thousands of people hunkered down the bureau said. It also warned of heavy rainfall relations will be smoother than overnight as strong gales and heavy rains lashed possibly leading to flash flooding and coastal now only if Park keeps her disgust- the far north, but no casualties or major destruc- inundation from a storm surge. Tropical storms ing mouth closed”, he said. Despite tion was reported as cyclone Ita was downgrad- are common in northeastern Australia. Before its verbal attacks, professor Yang ed to a category one storm. weakening offshore, Ita had threatened to be Moo-Jin of the University of North Ita crossed the coast near Cape Flattery late stronger but not as widespread as the monster Korean Studies said Pyongyang Friday as a category four storm packing winds up Cyclone Yasi system that tore through the region was likely to ease up and return to to 230 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour), just over three years ago, ripping homes from dialogue late this month as the tearing off roofs and uprooting trees. their foundations and devastating crops. South and the United States were Queensland state Premier Campbell Newman Cooktown Mayor Peter Scott told Australian winding up their military exercises. said several thousand people across the far north Associated Press he felt relieved as he had feared Diplomatic efforts to resuscitate had lost electricity and warned that cyclone Ita waking to widespread devastation. “There’s a lot long-stalled six-party talks on dis- “continues to be a threat”. “I am greatly relieved of vegetation on the road and we’ve unfortu- arming North Korea also appear to at this time that we have no reports of either nately seen some buildings damaged,” he said. have been rekindled. The US State death or injury,” he told a press conference, while “But there hasn’t been a lot of structural dam- Department said Friday that spe- urging people to stay indoors or in shelters “until age.” Local resident Diana Spiker spent the morn- PYONGYANG: North Korean traffic police women stand on a street in Pyongyang yesterday near the cial envoy Glyn Davies would meet this is properly over”. ing walking her dog and had also expected far 105-story pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel, which has been under construction since 1987. —AP with his Chinese counterpart Wu As authorities started the clean up in the worse. “They were talking about a category five Dawei in New York and Washington wake of the storm, cyclone warnings remained in at one stage so I thought there would have been Germany. place, Park Geun-Hye lashed her described by Pyongyang as a next week for discussions on the force from Cooktown to the bigger Barrier Reef a lot more damage,” she said. She urged the North to expand tongue about reunification gave rehearsal for an invasion against denuclearization of North Korea. resorts of Port Douglas and Cairns, 1,700 kilome- The bureau’s Ken Kato said Ita could be fur- reunions of families separated by away her sinister mind”, he said in a the North. In a pointed protest at Wu on Friday held talks with South ters north of Brisbane. Roofs were ripped off two ther downgraded to a tropical low. He expected the division of Korea and increase statement carried out by Pyongyang’s the exercises, Pyongyang carried Korean counterpart Hwang Joon- homes and a pub in the coastal resort of the cyclone to head out “into the Coral Sea cross-border economic and cultural state media. Reunification is however out a series of rocket and missile Kuk in Beijing on ways to “resume Cooktown where several trees were uprooted somewhere off the north tropical coast” on exchanges, starting with the South enshrined as a national priority in launches, capped by its first mid- meaningful dialogue” aimed at during the night, officials said. Large parts of the Sunday or Monday. “But it’s still packing a fair bolstering humanitarian aid. both the South and North Korean range missile test since 2009 on bringing about “substantial 1,000 strong Aboriginal community of Hope Vale punch,” Mr Kato added. Meanwhile, the bureau “Germany’s unity is for us an exam- constitutions, but pro-merger senti- March 26. The two Koreas also trad- progress” in the North’s denu- and Cooktown, population 2,400, had lost power. issued a severe weather warning with strong ple and model for a peaceful reuni- ment in the prosperous South has ed artillery fire across the tense clearization, Hwang told journal- The storm was downgraded from the winds and large waves for the Sydney region. fication,” she had said. An NDC waned considerably in recent years. Yellow Sea border on March 31, ists. —AFP strongest category five before it made landfall Gusts peaking at 100 kph were predicted to hit Friday night. Before midday (0200 GMT) the the southeastern coastal areas yesterday as a low Bureau of Meteorology said Ita had weakened to pressure system developing off New South Fading signals add urgency a category one. By 3:00 pm it was 85 kilometers Wales deepens before moving inland towards northwest of Cairns and moving southeasterly at the Hunter Valley in the afternoon. —AFP to search for missing plane Japanese minister visits PERTH: The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner searchers on Thursday, was not from the missing aircraft. Narrowing search area controversial war shrine resumed yesterday, five weeks after the plane disap- Batteries in the black box recorder are already past their Analysis of satellite data has led investigators to con- peared from radar screens, amid fears that batteries normal 30-day life, making the search to find it on the clude the Boeing 777 crashed into the ocean somewhere TOKYO: A Japanese cabinet minister visited a con- lenge” to its neighbors, according to news agency powering signals from the black box recorder on board murky sea bed all the more urgent. Once searchers are west of the Australian city of Perth. Four “ping” signals, troversial war shrine in Tokyo yesterday, in a move Yonhap. “The Japanese cabinet member’s visit to were about to die. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott confident they have located it, they then plan to deploy a which could be from the plane’s black box recorders, that sparked rebukes from South Korea and China, the Yasukuni Shrine that glorifies (Japan’s) past said signals picked up during the search in the remote small unmanned “robot” known as an Autonomous have been detected in the search area in recent days by a both of whom view it as a symbol of Japan’s past aggressions, made again in defiance of the inter- southern Indian Ocean, believed to be “pings” from the Underwater Vehicle. “Work continues in an effort to nar- US Navy “Towed Pinger Locator”. Once the search area is militarism. Television footage showed Yoshitaka national worries, constitutes a head-on challenge black box recorders, were “rapidly fading”. row the underwater search area for when the narrowed down to as small as possible “it is our intention Shindo, minister for internal affairs and communi- to the neighboring countries that suffered from “While we do have a high degree of confidence that autonomous underwater vehicle is deployed,” the to then deploy the submersible, conduct a sonar search cations, paying homage yesterday morning at the Japan’s past imperialism as well as to the interna- the transmissions that we’ve been picking up are from Australian agency coordinating the search said yesterday. of the sea bed and, based on the sonar search, attempt to Yasukuni shrine. The shrine honours Japan’s war tional community,” Yonhap cited a foreign ministry flight MH370’s black box recorder, no one would under- “There have been no confirmed acoustic detections get a visual of the wreckage,” Abbott said. The US supply dead including several high-level officials execut- statement as saying. China also hit back at the visit. estimate the difficulties of the task still ahead of us,” over the past 24 hours,” it said in a statement. The black ship USNS Cesar Chavez has joined the Australian-led ed for war crimes after World War II. “This once again shows the mistaken attitude Abbott told a news conference in Beijing. Malaysia box records data from the cockpit and conversations task force to provide logistics support and replenish Shindo, a regular visitor to Yasukuni, insisted of the current Japanese Cabinet toward history,” Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared soon after taking off among flight crew and may provide answers about what Australian navy ships, a Pentagon spokesman said. Up to that it was a “private matter”, playing down the foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a on March 8 from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing with happened to the plane, which flew thousands of kilome- nine military aircraft, one civilian aircraft and 14 ships potential for diplomatic fallout. “Offering condo- statement, according to the official news agency 227 passengers and 12 crew on board, triggering a ters off course after taking off. The mystery has sparked were scouring a 41,393 sq km patch of ocean 2,330 km lences to the war dead can be seen in any country,” Xinhua. A group of Japanese parliamentarians multinational search that is now focused on the Indian the most expensive search and rescue operation in avia- northwest of Perth. The extensive search and rescue Shindo was quoted by new agency Jiji as saying makes pilgrimages to the shrine during spring and Ocean. tion history. Malaysia’s government has begun investi- operation has included assets from 26 countries. following his visit, which came ahead of the autumn festivals and on August 15, the anniver- Search officials say they are confident they know the gating civil aviation and military authorities to determine Australia’s Ocean Shield, which has the towed pinger shrine’s annual spring festival on April 21 to 23. But sary of Japan’s defeat in World War II, enraging approximate position of the black box recorder, although why opportunities to identify and track the flight were locator on board, is operating in a smaller zone, just 600 South Korea criticized the trip, calling it a “chal- neighboring nations. —AFP they have determined that the latest “ping”, picked up by missed in the chaotic hours after it vanished. sq km about 1,670 km northwest of Perth. —Reuters NEWS SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014

Iran not considering alternative UN pick Continued from Page 1 Obama’s desk on Thursday. Carney did the nomination, but Araqchi’s comments not say whether Obama would eventual- yesterday appeared to indicate that such Mohammad Javad Zarif to write to UN ly sign it, but he added: “We certainly a step is not a palatable option for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to fight share the intent of the bill passed by President Hassan Rouhani’s government. the US decision. Congress.” Aboutalebi, who currently heads The visa row poses a challenge to US The bill amends a section of the exist- Rouhani’s political affairs bureau, has President Barack Obama’s drive for a ing Foreign Relations Authorisations Act insisted he was not part of the hostage- diplomatic breakthrough and a global to allow Washington to withhold visas for taking in Nov 1979, when an Islamist stu- deal over Iran’s disputed nuclear pro- individuals who have “engaged in a ter- dent group seized the US embassy nine gram. Aboutalebi is a former ambassador rorist activity against the United States”. months after the overthrow of the pro- to Australia, Italy and Belgium. As the Carney said there was no reason to Western shah. host government, the United States is expect that the row between Tehran and Some of the former hostage takers are obliged to issue visas to diplomats who Washington over the envoy would now moderates or reformers, including serve at the United Nations. It is believed impact progress in talks between Iran Vice President for Environmental Affairs that Washington has never previously and world powers, including the United Massoumeh Ebtekar, one of three denied a visa for a UN ambassador, States, over Tehran’s nuclear activities. women in the cabinet. Aboutalebi has although Tehran withdrew its nominee The episode reflects the impact that acknowledged that he served a limited once in the early 1990s. the hostage crisis - in which 52 Americans role as a translator for the students who KUWAIT: Members of the Opposition Coalition hold a press conference yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Fierce political pressure from were held for 444 days in Tehran - still has took the Americans hostage. But US law- Congress, which has overwhelmingly on US perceptions of the Islamic republic. makers who passed the bill branded Opposition calls for elected govt... passed a bill barring Aboutalebi from US Neither Carney nor the State Department Aboutalebi a “terrorist”, and say he should soil and where scepticism about Obama’s directly attributed the decision not to not be allowed to walk the streets of New Continued from Page 1 ing family, Mutairi said the achievement of the reforms “is nuclear diplomacy runs high, has put the give Aboutalebi a visa to suspicions over York with diplomatic immunity. inevitable and the ruling family can chose between the easy White House in a corner. “We have his role in 1979, but noted widespread Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer The reforms prevent unelected ministers from becoming and voluntary method or the more difficult way through members of the Cabinet - as is the case now - and increase protests and struggle”. informed the United Nations and Iran media reports on his background. Iran praised the White House for its stance on accountability of the ministers. To achieve that, the program Former MP and representative of the Islamic Constitutional that we will not issue a visa for Mr had slammed as unacceptable a previous the ambassador. “Hamid Aboutalebi’s calls for amending 36 articles of the constitution which con- Movement Jamaan Al-Harbash said the reforms represent a Aboutalebi,” White House spokesman Jay US statement that the nomination of nomination would have been a slap at all sists of 183 articles and has never been amended since it was leap to a full parliamentary system in which the executive Carney said on Friday. White House Aboutalebi was “not viable”. American victims of terrorism, not just promulgated in 1962. The program also suggested the intro- power will be in the hands of the Kuwaiti people. Saad Al- lawyers are studying constitutional issues A senior State Department official had those taken hostage in 1979,” Schumer duction and the amendment of 20 key laws focusing on com- Ajmi, representative of the nationalist Popular Action raised by the bill which landed on said that Iran still had time to withdraw said. —- Agencies bating rife corruption, ensuring more independence of the Movement, described the reforms as a “salvation program of judiciary and the appointment of senior bureaucrats. what remains of Kuwait that has been ruined through the Head of the youth civil democratic union Tareq Al-Mutairi mismanagement of the members of the ruling family”. Antarctica a dream destination told the press conference the proposed reforms have no Barrak said the Opposition Coalition plans to call for rallies precedence since 1938 when Kuwaiti people demanded a and gatherings to press for implementing the reforms, but Continued from Page 1 $5,000. The most expensive, which last 15 days and go democratically elected legislative council. Addressing the rul- gave no dates. to the South Pole, cost $12,000,” Brazilian Gunnar “It was a fantastic experience. The first thing that Hagelberg, owner of Antarctica Expeditions, told AFP. makes this trip special is being able to visit such a well- More than 35,350 people will have visited NSA denies taking advantage of bug preserved, untouched continent,” said Canadian Antarctica by the end of this year - 1,000 more than Maureen Malone, 69. “The second is being able to see last season and 8,000 more than in 2011-2012, accord- Continued from Page 1 creating the potential for them to steal passwords, encryp- tion keys, or other valuable information. the penguins. Everybody loves the penguins. Also, I ing to the International Association of Antarctic Tour been disclosed to the community responsible for Warnings about the dangers have expanded in recent was able to see around the bases, see how the differ- Operators. “We carry from 120 to 130 people per sea- OpenSSL.” Bloomberg, citing two people said to be familiar days, with everyone from website operators and bank offi- ent countries are sharing the region.” Tourism is one of son. We have seen a 15 to 20 percent increase in the with the matter, said the NSA was able to make Heartbleed cials to Internet surfers and workers who telecommute being the few economic activities allowed by the Treaty of number of tourists who want to see the continent,” part of its “arsenal” to obtain passwords and other data, with- told their data could be in danger. NSA was already in the the Antarctic and the Madrid Protocol, which bans said Nicolas Paulsen, deputy commercial director of out making public a vulnerability which could affect millions spotlight after months of revelations about its vast data- mineral extraction on the white continent. the Chilean airline Dap, which offers logistical and of Internet users. The report said the secretive intelligence gathering capabilities, along with partner intelligence agen- The Antarctic draws more than 30,000 tourists per tourist flights. agency has more than 1,000 experts devoted to ferreting out cies. year, from November to March, when there is no prob- Paulsen said tourism in Antarctica is rising three these kinds of flaws and found the Heartbleed glitch shortly Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward lem landing on the frozen sea. Most arrive on ships percent more per year than tourism to Chile, which is after its introduction. The agency then made it part of its Snowden indicated that the NSA has been able to collect that cross Drake Passage in the Southern Ocean, which up seven percent. Most visitors come from the United “toolkit for stealing account passwords and other common data from millions of phone records and Internet conver- has some of the world’s worst weather, setting off from States, Australia, China, Russia and, more and more, tasks,” the report said. sations as part of its intelligence gathering. NSA officials Ushuaia in southern Argentina and from Punta Arenas. from Brazil. “Antarctica is vital for us. It affects the cli- The claim was met with concerns in the security commu- argue they use such data only to help root out suspected “Ninety percent of the tourists from around the world mate, the sea currents. Tourism is important because nity. “If the NSA really knew about Heartbleed, they have terrorists. US President Barack Obama has ordered reforms who come to Antarctica leave from Ushuaia. The cruis- the more people get to know it, the more they will some serious explaining to do,” cryptographer Matthew that would halt government bulk collection of telephone es last an average of 11 days. The cheapest ones cost want to protect it,” said Paulsen. — AFP Green said on Twitter. The Heartbleed flaw lets hackers records, but critics argue this does not go far enough to snatch packets of data from working memory in computers, protect civil liberties. — AFP SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 ANALYSIS

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By Benjamin Yeh

he last time Taiwanese students mobilised en masse, they brought about an end to decades of martial rule. TNow, they are scenting victory in a new battle for the island’s soul as they repel government plans to embrace China ever closer. For both sides, the debate about strengthening trade ties with the giant mainland is an exis- tential one. President Ma Ying-jeou says that without his mooted pact in services, the economy of heavily export- reliant Taiwan risks sliding into irrelevancy. For the students, however, Ma is selling their homeland cheaply to a bullying neighbour that still regards Taiwan as its rightful property. After ending a three-week occupation of parliament late Thursday, they threatened more “compre- White House shifts to election mode hensive” action unless their demands are met. “Whatever the fate of the agreement, by any standard, the movement By Steve Holland, Roberta Rampton and David Morgan how to deliver results,” a quality needed because of the “big voted for the Affordable Care Act, are trying to fend off itself is already a setback to Ma’s cross-strait policies,” politi- challenges” that lie ahead for Obamacare, which is designed tough challenges from Republicans and are facing a bar- cal scientist George Tsai of the Chinese University in Taipei athleen Sebelius’ departure as President Barack to help millions of uninsured and under-insured Americans. rage of Republican-backed ads blasting them and told AFP. “From now on, any government measures relating Obama’s health secretary signals a new chapter in the Republicans say the program robs many Americans of Obamacare. to the Chinese mainland are set to be scrutinised and held KWhite House’s efforts to defend Obama’s signature healthcare choices and is too costly, an argument that could As enrollment in Obamacare coverage soared during the up to the strictest standards,” he said. healthcare law and help Senate Democrats who face tough be fueled this summer, when insurers begin to set premiums weeks before last month’s deadline to sign up for 2014 cov- The president, from the nationalist Kuomintang party, battles for re-election in conservative states this fall. In the for 2015. erage, Obama was increasingly forceful in defending the has overseen years of warming relations as he seeks to plug tightly orchestrated transition that included Sebelius’ resig- Some analysts are predicting that the rates for coverage law that will be a large part of his legacy as president. Taiwan into the rapid growth that has made China the nation late Thursday and Obama’s quick appointment of under Obamacare will soar next year, and a few insurers are During a forum this week in Austin, Texas, to honor the 50th world’s second-largest economy. But just two years into his well-regarded budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell as predicting double-digit percentage increases in premiums. anniversary of the Civil Rights Act that Democratic second and final term, Ma has already become a “lame Sebelius’ replacement, the political calculus was clear: Having Word of the 2015 premiums will begin to spread about the President Lyndon Johnson steered through Congress, duck”, the Taipei-based China Times said in an editorial stood by Sebelius during a painful few months when time that many Americans are likely to begin focusing on Obama cast his own healthcare law as an extension of Friday. “The student movement for sure will cost the Obamacare’s rollout was marred by a balky enrollment web- the November elections. Republicans are widely expected Johnson’s aim-high approach to social legislation. “What the hell’s the presidency for, if not to fight for causes you Kuomintang millions of votes from first-time voters,” when site, stinging criticism from Republicans and falling populari- to retain control of the 435-seat House of Representatives in ty ratings for Obama, the White House saw a chance to reset the elections. The real battle will be for the 100-seat Senate, believe in?” Obama asked. Taiwan next goes to the polls in 2016, it said. the national conversation over Obamacare amid good news, where Democrats are trying to prevent Republicans from Burwell’s Senate confirmation hearings, the continuing and with a new face in charge of the program. gaining the six seats they need to win control of that cham- debate over Obamacare and the November elections will Betting on China, and Asia Sebelius leaves at a time when most of the website’s prob- ber, and therefore all of Congress. test that stance, as Obama will try to persuade Americans Taiwan-China trade has progressed since both sides lems have been fixed and enrollment in private health insur- From Democrats’ perspective, that makes it critical that not to return control of Congress to the Republicans. adopted a tariff-cutting “Economic Cooperation Framework ance programs through the Affordable Care Act has soared Obama’s administration have an effective response to the History is on the Republicans’ side: The party in power in the Agreement” in 2010, the most significant pact since they past the first-year goal of 7 million - a result that seemed hundreds of millions of dollars in Republican-backed, anti- White House typically loses congressional seats in midterm split at the end of a civil war in 1949. Ma says that after the unimaginable during the program’s darkest days last fall. For Obamacare ads that are likely to saturate American media elections. If Republicans manage to gain control of the EFCA, the pact in services trade signed last year would add Obama and his fellow Democrats, one of the political risks of this summer and fall. “We’ve only seen the first chapter of Senate in addition to the House, Obama would be unlikely another half a billion dollars to Taiwan’s economy and cre- Sebelius leaving office during Obamacare’s launch was that this book,” Merle Black, a political science professor at to get any significant legislation through Congress during ate around 12,000 jobs. Progress economically could even the Senate confirmation hearings that would follow for her Emory University in Atlanta, said of Obamacare and the his last two years as president. lead to a historic political meeting with Chinese counterpart replacement would amount to an embarrassing review of political fallout to it. “There’s a lot more to come. You’re Xi Jinping, he suggests. Obamacare’s shortcomings. changing the pilot, but it’s still unclear how well the plane is Bumps and Bruises The Taiwan president this week accused protesters of Sebelius’ departure is an indication that the White House, operating,” he said. Burwell is well-regarded by many Republicans and is vir- exploiting “inexplicable fear” of trade with the mainland and with Obamacare showing signs of success, is now ready have tually certain to get the 51 Senate votes she needs to be said the sit-in of parliament had alarmed other trading part- such a public, national debate over the program during Obama’s Fight confirmed as HHS secretary. A year ago, she was confirmed ners, as the island seeks to broaden its commercial reach at Burwell’s confirmation hearings. As a fresh face steering the Obama’s selection of Burwell makes clear that he intends to the budget post by a 96-0 vote in the Senate. But a time of deepening economic integration in Asia. “This is a healthcare initiative, Burwell will have the advantage of not to keep a tight leash on the handling of his top domestic Republicans who have been vocal in opposing Obamacare - challenge we cannot dodge,” said Wu Chung-shu, president being “saddled with all the baggage of the political fights initiative as it faces a new series of challenges. As director of and there are many - are indicating they want to use her of the Chung-hua Institute for Economic Research. that came before,” said one senior US official who was not the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, hearings to put Obamacare on trial, and make sure that it But for the protesters, the 2010 agreement has failed to authorized to speak publicly. Burwell saw enough about Obamacare’s rollout to become stays in the spotlight as the elections approach. “Secretary deliver on Ma’s promises, and closer trade is not worth the White House officials said on Friday that Sebelius, a former familiar with its problems and Obama’s concerns about Sebelius’ departure doesn’t change the fact that the presi- risk of subordinating self-governing Taiwan to China, which Kansas governor, was not pushed out as secretary of Health them, the senior US official said. She would have a direct dent’s healthcare law is fundamentally flawed,” said continues to assert sovereignty over the island and refuses and Human Services. They said she approached Obama last line to the president in her new position, the official added. Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri. to rule out the use of force to achieve its ends. “We are not month about leaving. However, Sebelius had given people Whether Burwell will be able to generate more momen- As he looked toward Obamacare’s next challenges on anti-China, nor do we oppose doing business with China,” close to the administration the impression that she had tum for Obamacare is an open question. The White House, Friday, Obama put a coda on Sebelius’ tenure by referring to Justin Wu, a student leader, told AFP. “But we do oppose planned to stay in her job at least through the Nov 4 elec- however, is signaling that it plans an aggressive push for the tense, often chaotic rollout of the program’s web site putting our whole basket of eggs on China when it has nev- tions, when control of Congress will be at stake. In announc- Obamacare that will be designed in part to raise the spirits and its eventual success in signing up about 7.5 million er relinquished its ambition (of reunification),” he said. ing Sebelius’ departure and Burwell’s appointment in the of Democrats and provide a strong counter-argument to people for health coverage. “She’s got bumps, I’ve got White House’s Rose Garden on Friday, Obama seemed to Republicans’ attacks. Democrats are particularly focused on bumps, bruises,” Obama said before adding that Sebelius From Lilies to Sunflowers emphasize Burwell’s competence. helping senators such as Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu, and her team “got it fixed, got the job done. The final score The students at parliament bore sunflowers as an He described Burwell as a “proven manager” who “knows Arkansas’ Mark Pryor and Alaska’s Mark Begich, all of whom speaks for itself.” —Reuters emblem of their protest. It was a conscious echo of the wild lilies that symbolised an earlier student movement in 1990, which triggered the demise of the Kuomintang’s long peri- Japan anti-whaling ruling saves face od of strongman rule started by Chiang Kai-shek. There were violent clashes on March 23 when baton-wielding police turned water cannon on protesters who had stormed By Mari Yamaguchi More recently, gaiatsu has pushed market open- tions in science and technology at Tohoku cent of its costs, grew to about 900 million yen the government headquarters close to the parliament com- ing and deregulation of the economy. University. Officially, Japan still defends whaling ($9 million) in 2007, and is projected to exceed 5 plex. A week later, tens of thousands took to Taipei’s streets he international court ruling against Many officials, even some in the fisheries cir- as a cultural tradition, and says the research billion yen ($50 million) for the fiscal year end- to demand the scrapping of the services pact. Japanese whaling last week may have given cle, were long aware of the problems of the hunts were collecting data to prove commercial ing Sept 30. That includes costs related to Sea Parliamentary Speaker Wang Jin-pyng pledged not to Tthe government a convenient political out. research program. But few, if any, had incentive hunting could be resumed sustainably. Japan’s Shepherd, the activist group that tries to preside over further debate on the pact until legislation The Antarctic program was nearly bankrupt, but if to fight the pro-whaling lobby: whalers, the coastal whaling dates back to the 12th century, impede the hunt, such as the dispatch of a promising stronger oversight of such agreements is intro- the government had overhauled it on its own, it whaling division of the Fisheries Agency, whal- though its Antarctic expeditions began only in patrol ship with the fleet and repairing damage duced, conceding to a key demand of the protest move- would have incurred the wrath of a strong anti- ing-related businesses and powerful lawmakers. the 1930s. from high-seas collisions. The Sea Shepherd ment. Given Wang’s pledge, and competing amendments in whaling lobby, and could have been criticized for For them the ruling virtually takes care of what The research hunts started in 1987 following protests have also curtailed the catch, and put parliament, Kuomintang legislators acknowledge that the caving in to foreign anti-whaling activists. Now was long overdue, without anyone losing face. an international moratorium on commercial Japan in a negative light internationally by administration’s drive to ratify the services pact by June officials can say the court forced their hand. “It whaling. The whale meat is sold at home to focusing attention on the hunt. The Japanese looks in jeopardy. seemed to me they were anxious to lose,” said Gaiatsu finance the program, but sales have fallen as fleet returned home Saturday at the end of the Masayuki Komatsu, a former fisheries official “Unfortunately Japan cannot change its poli- whale meat became less popular, forcing sharp 2013-14 season with what may be its last China itself has stayed relatively muted throughout the known for his battles at the International Whaling cies without ‘gaiatsu,’ and (the ruling) definitely increases in government subsidies to keep the Antarctic harvest: 251 minke whales, or just a protests, but commentaries in state media have warned Commission to defend Japanese hunts. He serves that role to finally bring about a change,” program afloat. An initial subsidy of about 500 quarter of its quota. The ruling technically leaves that the student movement could be exploited by accused Japanese officials of losing “passion and said Atsushi Ishii, an expert of international rela- million yen ($5 million) a year, or about 10 per- the door open for Japan to try to design a new Taiwanese opposition politicians keen on a formal divorce love” for whaling and not fighting hard enough in hunt that would qualify as scientific, but any new from Beijing. “The experiences and lessons over the past court. program would face intense scrutiny. And it will two decades indicate there is no future for the path of In a March 31 ruling, the International Court only get more expensive: The program’s aging Taiwan independence, and each article of the service trade of Justice in The Hague ordered Japan to stop mother ship, the Nisshin Maru, will soon be pact stands up to scrutiny,” Chu Jingtao of the Chinese granting permits for its Antarctic whaling pro- retired and would need to be replaced. Academy of Social Sciences said in Friday’s Global Times gram, which allowed an annual cull of about Officials generally agree that the most likely newspaper. —AFP 1,000 whales. The world court, upholding argu- scenario is for Japan to withdraw from the ments made by Australia, rejected Japan’s con- Antarctic. Japan’s whaling operations can continue tention that the program was scientific. Though off its own coast, as well as in the north Pacific, top Japanese officials called the ruling regret- where it culls about 300 minke whales annually All articles appearing on these table, they announced within hours that Japan through a separate research program. But that would abide by it. A day later, the Fisheries research program could be questioned when pages are the personal opinion of Agency said Japan would skip the next Antarctic Japan goes to the International Whaling the writers. Kuwait Times takes no hunt. Commission, the main body that regulates whal- responsibility for views expressed “We didn’t go to court in order to lose,” a gov- ing, for annual renewal. ernment official close to the case said on condi- Some hardline lawmakers say Japan should therein. Kuwait Times invites read- tion of anonymity, because he isn’t authorized to quit the commission and return to commercial ers to voice their opinions. Please speak publicly about the issue. “But it was obvious whaling. But most officials and experts say such a send submissions via email to: opin- that the whaling program had to be changed.” In a drastic step would undermine Japan’s efforts to [email protected] or via snail way, the ruling was an example of “gaiatsu”, the promote the international rule of law, notably external pressure that Japan has traditionally when it comes to territorial disputes with China mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. relied on to bring about change when vested and South Korea. Perhaps as importantly, ques- The editor reserves the right to edit interests are strong. It was the arrival of US This undated file photo shows what the Australian government says is the tions remain about whether commercial whaling any submission as necessary. Commodore Matthew Perry and his warships that slain carcasses of a minke whale and her calf being hauled aboard the would be economically sustainable, given the forced Japan to end a long period of isolation. Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru 2 in Antarctic waters. —AP declining appetite for whale meat in Japan. —AP p15-sports_Layout 1 4/12/14 11:33 PM Page 1

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Costa back in Atletico squad Australian pole vaulter retires Boxer in economic ruin

MADRID: Atletico Madrid top scorer Diego Costa has been given the all clear by MELBOURNE: Australia’s former Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker has SAN JUAN: Boxer Felix “Tito” Trinidad, who grossed nearly $90 million during his medical staff and included in the squad for today’s game at Getafe after shaking announced his retirement at the age of 31, citing waning motivation. championship career in the ring, is in economic ruin, just like his native Puerto Rico, according to court documents. off a thigh strain, the La Liga leaders said yesterday. Brazil-born forward Costa Hooker’s gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics made him the first missed Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final, second leg win against The boxer and his father, Felix Trinidad, Sr., who trained him throughout his career, Australian man to win a track and field gold in 40 years and kicked off a two-year lost some $63 million through investments linked to Puerto Rico government bonds, Barcelona after picking up the injury in the first leg the previous week. period of global dominance that reaped world and indoor titles. A serious knee papers filed on Thursday in San Juan Superior Court show. Trinidad and his father are Costa’s was the final name on the 19-man squad list for the game at Getafe’s injury in 2010 and a subsequent confidence crisis took their toll, but the shaggy- seeking an injunction to halt San Juan-based Popular Securities, a brokerage arm of Coliseum stadium that Atletico published on their official haired vaulter dug deep to qualify for the London Olympics where he reached the Puerto Rico’s biggest bank, Banco Popular, from collecting a Twitter feed. final. “I think this decision began last year on my birthday when I was doing a $2.9 million debt. Atletico are a point clear of Barca with six games left and vault session that didn’t go well,” he said in a statement posted on governing The injunction request included a complaint filed three clear of third-placed city neighbours Real Madrid. with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, in body Athletics Australia’s website (www.athletics.com.au) yesterday. Atletico coach Diego Simeone, who has transformed his which the Trinidads accused their financial adviser, JosÈ unfancied team into genuine contenders in Spain and “I had a long chat with my coach Dan (Pfaff) and he gave me the freedom to “Pepe” Ramos, of making risky investments without Europe since taking over at the end of 2011, said 18th- take a break and assess whether it was something I wanted to continue. their consent or knowledge. placed Getafe would be a dangerous opponent as they are “I came back to Australia and have been fortunate enough to be involved with “The accusations by the Trinidad family are false and fighting to avoid relegation. a lot of things that have brought me great enjoyment and in many ways I haven’t the truth will come out when this case is aired in the per- “Tomorrow’s game is difficult because of the need Getafe had an urge to go back to vaulting. tinent forum,” Ramos said in a written statement. During Trinidad’s glory days in the ring, in which he compiled a has,” Simeone, who was playing for Atletico the last time “This made it clear that I needed to decide what the future would be, and after some serious thought I’ve decided to move onto the next phase of my life and record of 20-1 with 16 knockouts in the Welterweight, they won La Liga in 1996, told a news conference Light Middleweight and Middleweight classes dur- yesterday. “It breeds anxiety and motivation to play focus on new things that bring me as much joy as athletics has for the past 15 or ing the late 1990s and early 2000s, Puerto Rico’s against us and I expect a dangerous opponent so years.” Later on Saturday, Hooker will take a low-key bow at a regional athletics economy was growing by as much as 3 percent a with good dead ball skills and plenty of options in meeting for his Melbourne club Box Hill but will run in a 200 metres sprint rather year. Its government bonds were rated as invest- attack,” added the Argentine.—Reuters than contest a pole vaulting event.—Reuters ment grade.—Reuters FIA approves Tampa Bay, Stars roll Haas entry as TAMPA: Kristers Gudlevskis made 36 saves to win his NHL debut, Eric Brewer scored two goals, and Tampa Bay beat new F1 team Columbus. Ondrej Palat also scored for the Lightning, who took a one-point lead over Montreal for second place in Formula One could have an American constructor the Atlantic Division. A runner-up finish would give Tampa on the starting grid next year after the governing Bay home-ice advantage in its first-round playoff series FIA approved an entry for NASCAR team owner with the Canadiens. Boone Jenner and David Savard had Gene Haas on Friday. goals for Columbus. The playoff-bound Blue Jackets are The International Automobile Federation said it tied with Philadelphia — which has one game at hand - for was also considering another application made by third place in the Metropolitan Division. Gudlevskis had former F1 team principal Colin Kolles. played in the ECHL and AHL, and for Latvia in the Sochi “In close consultation with the CRH (commercial rights holder), the FIA has accepted the candida- Olympics this season. ture of Haas Formula LLC and are in the process of conducting further investigations for Forza Rossa,” STARS 3, BLUES 0 the FIA said in a statement. Trevor Daley had a goal and an assist, Kari Lehtonen No further details were given but an FIA recorded his fifth shutout of the season, and Dallas spokesman confirmed that former Jordan, Midland, clinched its first playoff berth since 2008 with a victory Spyker, Force India and HRT principal Kolles was against St. Louis. The Stars missed the postseason a fran- behind Forza Rossa with Romanian partners. chise-record five straight seasons after never going more “Obviously, we’re extremely pleased to have than one without a playoff trip since moving to Dallas in been granted a Formula One license by the FIA,” 1993. St. Louis, outshot 40-22, dropped its fifth straight Haas said in a separate statement. “It’s an exciting game for the first time since February of last year. The play- time for me, Haas Automation and anyone who off-bound Blues also jeopardized their shot at the top seed wanted to see an American team return to Formula in the Western Conference. One. Dallas’ victory eliminated Phoenix in the race for the “Now, the really hard work begins. It’s a chal- West’s final playoff spot and kept the Stars from having to lenge we embrace as we work to put cars on the worry about a potential win-or-go-home game at the grid.” The FIA also announced after a meeting of its Coyotes on Sunday. Tyler Seguin scored his team-leading world motor sports council in Marrakech, Morocco 37th goal, and Ryan Garbutt tipped in Alex Goligoski’s shot that there would be a meeting of all the teams on from the point in the third period. May 1 to “clarify the means to achieve a substantial F1 team cost reduction”. CALGARY: Matt Stajan No. 18 of the Calgary Flames takes a shot on Michael Hutchinson No. 34 of the Winnipeg FIA president Jean Todt told reporters at the ISLANDERS 3, DEVILS 2 Jets during an NHL game. — AFP Bahrain Grand Prix last weekend that plans to Frans Nielsen, Josh Bailey and Ryan Strome scored in impose a cost cap in 2015 had been abandoned the shootout, and the New York Islanders beat New Jersey The Red Wings outshot Carolina 29-19. The Carolina- ing the postseason as the third-place team in the Central and measures would have to come through regula- in what might have been Devils goalie Martin Brodeur’s Hartford franchise had 16 losses and a tie since its previous Division. Chicago had its four-game winning streak tion changes instead. The governing body said a final start. It hasn’t been decided if the soon-to-be 42 year- victory at Detroit in the regular season. snapped. study into the noise of the new V6 turbo hybrid old Brodeur will start the season finale against Boston at engines, which critics and fans have said is not loud home on Sunday. Brodeur, the NHL career leader in wins CAPITALS 4, BLACKHAWKS 0 JETS 5, FLAMES 3 enough, was underway with preliminary results (687) and shutouts (124) in a 20-year career with New Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 51st goal to help Paul Postma’s first goal of the season at 9:16 of the third expected shortly. Jersey, is in the last season of his contract. New Jersey has lead Washington to a low-intensity rout of coasting period was the winner in Winnipeg’s victory over Calgary. lost all 13 shootouts this season and has dropped an NHL- Chicago in a game between teams whose postseason fates Michael Frolik, Evander Kane, Carl Klingberg, also scored, MORE TEAMS record 17 straight, dating to last season. had already been decided. and Blake Wheeler added an empty-net goal for Winnipeg The FIA did not say when the proposed new Ryan Carter and Patrik Elias scored for the Devils. Jay Beagle had his first career two-goal game, and (37-35-10). It was the final game of the season for the Jets, teams were planning on entering. Last December, Anders Lee and Strome had regulation goals for the Nicklas Backstrom also scored as the Capitals won their who failed to make the playoffs for the seventh straight the FIA called for expressions of interest from Islanders in a matchup of teams that failed to make the fourth straight, a hollow winning streak because they season - dating to the team’s days in Atlanta. Jiri Hudler, potential new entries wanting to compete from playoffs this season. 2015 or 2016, and set a January deadline. There are won’t be in the playoffs for the first time since 2007. Sean Monahan and Kris Russell scored for Calgary, which Jaroslav Halak made 34 saves in his first shutout since had its four-game winning streak snapped. In his third currently 11 teams on the starting grid. SHARKS 5, AVALANCHE 1 Full applications had to be submitted by Feb. 10 the trade deadline deal that brought him to Washington career start, and third in a row, Michael Hutchinson had 35 Marty Havlat scored three goals for the first time in from the St. Louis Blues. It was also his first game since a saves, including 19 in the third period to preserve the vic- and a decision was supposed to have been taken nearly nine years, and San Jose prevented Colorado from by Feb. 28. Formula One’s commercial supremo dustup earlier this week over whether he was skittish tory. Calgary has played in 49 one-goal games (25-18-7), clinching the Central Division title. Dan Boyle and Patrick Bernie Ecclestone, representing rights holders CVC, about facing his former team. The Blackhawks, shut out for tying the NHL record set by Florida in the 2010-11 season. told reporters in Manama that he was happy to Marleau also scored, and Alex Stalock made 32 saves for the fourth time this season, were already assured of mak- Karri Ramo had 22 saves but fell to 17-14-4. —AP have a couple more teams. the Sharks, who had lost four of six to fall short in their race “Whether they’ll make it or not is another story,” for first place in the Pacific Division. he said. Formula One last admitted new teams in Patrick Bordeleau scored the lone goal for the NHL results/standings 2010, with a US outfit initially accepted but later Avalanche, who lost for the first time in regulation since March 21 against Boston. Colorado had gone 8-0-1 in its removed from the entry list when it became appar- Washington 4, Chicago 0; Carolina 2, Detroit 1; Tampa Bay 3, Columbus 2; NY Islanders 3, New Jersey 2 (SO); Dallas 3, St. Louis ent they were not in a position to race. last nine games to move into a tie for first with St. Louis. 0; Winnipeg 5, Calgary 3; San Jose 5, Colorado 1. That failed team was led by Ken Anderson, a for- The Avalanche can win the division either by beating mer technical director of Haas CNC Racing which Anaheim on Sunday night in the regular-season finale or was the previous name of Stewart-Haas. with a regulation loss by St. Louis earlier Sunday against Western Conference Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Stewart-Haas Racing won the NASCAR Sprint Detroit. Colorado needs the Ducks to lose late yesterday in Pacific Division Boston 53 18 9 255 173 115 Cup Series championship in 2011 while California- WLOTLGFGAPTS Los Angeles to have a chance of finishing in the top spot in Tampa Bay 45 27 9 239 215 99 based Haas Automation is one of the world’s largest Anaheim 52 20 8 259 204 112 the Western Conference. San Jose is locked into the second Montreal 45 28 8 214 204 98 machine tool makers. Haas also has the Windshear seed in the Pacific Division and will open the playoffs at San Jose 50 22 9 246 198 109 Detroit 38 28 15 219 230 91 full scale rolling-road wind tunnel in North Carolina. home next week against Los Angeles. Los Angeles 46 28 7 203 170 99 Ottawa 35 31 14 232 263 84 Of the three 2010 newcomers, Caterham and Phoenix 36 29 15 212 227 87 Toronto 38 35 8 231 255 84 Marussia are still competing but have yet to score a HURRICANES 2, RED WINGS 1 Florida 29 44 8 194 265 66 point and there are no guarantees all the current 11 Vancouver 35 34 11 189 217 81 Cam Ward had 28 saves, and Carolina ended a quarter- Calgary 35 39 7 208 236 77 Buffalo 21 50 9 153 240 51 will be around next year. century of regular-season futility in Detroit with a win. The Metropolitan Division Tens of teams have come and gone since the Edmonton 28 44 9 198 268 65 Hurricanes hadn’t won a regular-season game at Detroit Pittsburgh 51 24 5 244 200 107 championship started in 1950 and there have been Central Division NY Rangers 45 31 5 218 192 95 regular fears expressed about the financial state of since Nov. 14, 1989, when they were still the Hartford Whalers. They won Game 1 of the 2002 Stanley Cup finals Colorado 52 22 7 248 217 111 Philadelphia 41 30 9 227 226 91 some of those currently on the starting grid. St. Louis 52 22 7 248 188 111 Columbus 42 32 7 228 214 91 Sauber and Lotus had financial problems last at Detroit, but that was their only victory of that series. Elias Lindholm and Jiri Tlusty scored in the first period Chicago 46 20 15 262 213 107 Washington 38 30 13 235 239 89 season which threatened their futures, and New Jersey 34 29 18 194 206 86 on Friday, and Carolina held on to hand the Red Wings Minnesota 43 26 12 204 199 98 Caterham were warned before the start of the sea- Carolina 35 35 11 201 225 81 son by Malaysian owner Tony Fernandes that they their second regulation loss in eight games. Dallas 40 30 11 234 226 91 NY Islanders 33 37 11 221 264 77 needed to raise their game. — Reuters Riley Sheahan scored for the Red Wings in the third Nashville 36 32 12 202 234 84 Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the period. Detroit has already clinched its 23rd straight post- Winnipeg 37 35 10 227 237 84 standings and are not included in the loss column (L). season berth, and the Hurricanes are out of the running. Red Bull appeal is first test of F1’s new era

LONDON: The first big technical controversy of problems with the fuel flow sensors since Melbourne tions. And that’s what the confusion is with this. I think Formula One’s new engine era has its day in court and other teams - such as sister team Toro Rosso - have people are not understanding that the rules within the tomorrow with champions Red Bull confident they also found them unreliable. technical regulations are explicitly clear. We did not have a strong case in appealing Daniel Ricciardo’s The appeal hearing at the Paris headquarters of the break those.” The FIA has expressed confidence that the Australian Grand Prix exclusion. International Automobile Federation (FIA) is due to sensors it provides to all teams are accurate. Ricciardo finished second in his home race last announce the verdict as soon as possible and certainly In Melbourne, instead of relying on the official sen- month, his debut for Red Bull, but was disqualified before the Chinese Grand Prix. sor provided by the governing body Red Bull declared hours later when stewards ruled his car had breached McLaren will be among those following events it too inconsistent and used their own measurements the new fuel flow regulations.In what is seen as a criti- closely, having benefited from Ricciardo’s exclusion instead. cal test of the regulations accompanying the V6 turbo with Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen promoted to sec- Ricciardo was then disqualified when stewards engines and energy recovery systems, Red Bull will say ond and Jenson Button to third. ruled his car had exceeded the maximum fuel flow lim- the fuel flow sensors cannot be trusted. it of 100kg per hour - a breach which could have given “We have got a very strong case,” principal Christian TECHNICAL DIRECTIVE a significant performance advantage over others. The Horner, whose team needs every point they can get Red Bull are sure to argue that a technical directive FIA says also that Red Bull ignored requests to reduce after a troubled start to the season, said after last week- relating to the issue, and sent out by the governing the fuel flow rate during the race. end’s Bahrain Grand Prix. body before the start of the season to all teams, had no Ricciardo, who had been the first Australian to “As more races have progressed, issues have regulatory value. “We are very confident that we can appear on his home podium before his celebrations become more evident - new evidence has come to demonstrate that we complied with the rules at all were cut short, said he had put the controversy to the light, or understanding has come to light - so hopefully times,” Horner said after Melbourne. back of his mind. we can present our case fairly and get the second place “If you look at the facts, it’s a very simple case. The “Regarding getting the points back, I can’t really back that Daniel deserves.” rules are very clear. Technical directives are not rules. think about it,” he had told reporters last weekend Exactly what that evidence might be remains Did we break the rules or not? It’s as simple as that. before finishing fourth in Bahrain. “I have to drive as if I unclear, although Red Bull have experienced further “Technical directives are opinions, they are not regula- don’t have them.”— Reuters Daniel Ricciardo p16_Layout 1 4/12/14 11:29 PM Page 1

SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 SPORTS

MLB results/standings Brewers extend winning streak

Toronto 2, Baltimore 0; Boston 4, NY Yankees 2; MILWAUKEE: Aramis Ramirez hit a two-run homer that backed Philadelphia 6, Miami 3; Tampa Bay 2, Cincinnati 1; Wily Peralta, and the Milwaukee Brewers extended their winning Atlanta 7, Washington 6 (10 Innings); Texas 1, Houston 0 streak to seven with a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on (12 innings); Chicago White Sox 9, Cleveland 6; Milwaukee Friday night. Francisco Liriano befuddled the Brewers with his slid- 4, Pittsburgh 2; Minnesota 10, Kansas City 1; Chicago er over the first three innings before Ramirez sent a 1-2 fastball Cubs 6, St. Louis 3 (11 Innings); LA Dodgers 6, Arizona 0; over the left-field wall for a 2-0 lead. LA Angels 5, NY Mets 4 (11 innings); Seattle 6, Oakland 4; At 8-2 on the year, the Brewers are off to their best start since San Diego 6, Detroit 0; San Francisco 6, Colorado 5. opening with 13 wins in 1987. Peralta (1-0) allowed four hits in seven innings, but gave up a two-run homer to Neil Walker in the American League seventh. Francisco Rodriguez struck out the side in the ninth for Eastern Division his third save. Liriano (0-2) struck out seven over six innings. He W L PCT GB was charged with four runs and four hits. Tampa Bay 6 5 .545 - Toronto 6 5 .545 - PHILLIES 6, MARLINS 3 Marlon Byrd drove in two runs and Philadelphia knocked Boston 5 6 .455 1 around Jose Fernandez in one of his worst major league starts, NY Yankees 5 6 .455 1 beating Miami to snap a four-game skid. Phillies starter AJ Burnett Baltimore 4 6 .400 1.5 left in the fourth inning because of a sore groin, but Philadelphia chased Fernandez (2-1) with three runs in the fifth en route to its Central Division first home win of the season. Fernandez, last season’s NL Rookie of Detroit 5 3 .625 - the Year, was tagged for eight hits and a career-worst six earned Chicago White Sox 6 5 .545 0.5 runs in four-plus innings. The right-hander walked four, matching Cleveland 5 6 .455 1.5 a career high, and struck out six. Derek Dietrich homered for the Kansas City 4 5 .444 1.5 Marlins, who lost their fifth straight. Miami has been outscored 32- Minnesota 4 6 .400 2 13 during the slide. Left-hander Jake Diekman (1-0) got two outs for the win and Jonathan Papelbon pitched a scoreless ninth for Western Division his second save in three chances. Seattle 6 3 .667 - Oakland 6 4 .600 0.5 BRAVES 7, NATIONALS 6 Jordan Schafer scored from first base on Justin Upton’s bloop LA Angels 5 5 .500 1.5 PHILADELPHIA: Phillies’ Chase Utley (right) beats the throw to Miami Marlin’s Jarrod Saltalamacchia (left) to score Texas 5 5 .500 1.5 single to right field with two outs in the 10th inning, giving Atlanta the win. Chris Johnson singled with two outs off left-han- from second base on a single by Marlon Byrd during the fifth inning of a baseball game. — AP Houston 4 7 .364 3 der Jerry Blevins (1-1), and Schafer came in to run. With a 2-2 Rosenthal also struck out with a chance to win the game in the struck out a career-high 11, and Chase Headley hit a two-run count, Schafer ran on the pitch and Upton dropped a single in National League 10th. The Cardinals had runners on first and second with two outs homer for San Diego. Cashner took a no-hitter into the sixth front of Bryce Harper. when manager Mike Matheny decided against a pinch hitter. inning before Rajai Davis hit a one-out flare single into center Eastern Division Schafer already was rounding third when Harper bobbled the Rosenthal (0-1) took a called third strike in his second career at- field, just past the glove of outstretched second baseman Jedd Washington 7 3 .700 - ball. No error was charged. Luis Avilan (2-1) pitched around two bat. Nate Schierholtz doubled for his fourth straight hit leading off Gyorko. Davis stole second and third, and Ian Kinsler walked Atlanta 6 4 .600 1 walks, one intentional, in the 10th. Upton also hit a solo shot in the the 11th and advanced on a sacrifice. Starlin Castro was intention- before Miguel Cabrera hit into a double play. Miami 5 6 .455 2.5 eighth off Tyler Clippard that tied it at 6. It was his third homer in ally walked and Ryan Kalish popped out on a bunt attempt before Cashner (1-1) retired 14 in a row before allowing the single. NY Mets 4 6 .400 3 two games. Castillo lined a 1-1 fastball 426 feet to left for his second homer. He walked two. The Padres hit Rick Porcello (1-1) hard, collect- Philadelphia 4 6 .400 3 Justin Grimm (1-0) got the win and Hector Rondon finished for his ing 10 hits in his 6 1-3 innings. He allowed five runs and struck DODGERS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 0 first career save. out five. Central Division Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched seven innings of two-hit ball and Adrian Milwaukee 8 2 .800 - Gonzalez drove in five runs for the Dodgers. Ryu (2-1) struck out GIANTS 6, ROCKIES 5 RAYS 2, REDS 1 Pittsburgh 6 4 .600 2 eight and walked one, retiring 18 of his last 19 batters. The only Madison Bumgarner hit a grand slam and drove in a career- David Price took a shutout into the ninth and Matt Joyce St. Louis 5 5 .500 3 hits off the South Korean left-hander were a pair of singles by high five runs to overcome a shaky outing on the mound. homered, helping Tampa Bay earn its first victory in Cincinnati. Chicago Cubs 4 6 .400 4 Miguel Montero. Gonzalez hit a two-run homer off Brandon Bumgarner hit a sacrifice fly off Jorge De La Rosa (0-2) in the third The teams have a brief and lopsided interleague history. The Cincinnati 3 7 .300 5 McCarthy (0-2) in the first, doubled in two more in the third and and one inning later his only the second slam by a Giants pitcher Reds had won eight of their nine previous games, with Tampa had an RBI single in the eighth. The Dodgers’ Hanley Ramirez was since the team relocated from New York to San Francisco in 1958. Bay’s only win coming at Tropicana Field on June 28, 2011, on 3 for 4 with two doubles, drove in a run and scored three times. It Western Division Shawn Estes did it against Montreal on May 24, 2000. Bumgarner Evan Longoria’s game-ending homer. Joyce connected against was the Dodgers’ first visit to Chase Field since clinching the NL LA Dodgers 7 4 .636 - (2-0) struck out seven, walked two and allowed four runs and nine Johnny Cueto (0-2) as the Rays finally got a victory in their sec- West title there last September, when they angered the hits in six innings. Sergio Romo struck out the side in the ninth for San Francisco 7 4 .636 - ond visit to Great American Ball Park. Price (2-0) allowed four Diamondbacks by celebrating in the ballpark’s swimming pool. his third save. hits and one walk, losing his shutout when Joey Votto homered Colorado 5 6 .455 2 to the opposite field with one out in the ninth. Grant Balfour San Diego 4 6 .400 2.5 CUBS 6, CARDINALS 3 INTERLEAGUE walked the bases loaded in-between getting the final two outs, Arizona 4 9 .308 4 Welington Castillo hit a three-run homer off closer Trevor PADRES 6, TIGERS 0 throwing a called third strike by pinch-hitter Brayan Pena to Rosenthal in the 11th inning, leading Chicago to the win. Andrew Cashner threw his second career one-hitter and secure his third save. — AP Pacquiao eager for win in Bradley rematch

LAS VEGAS: Manny Pacquiao wants a decisive victory weight bout-but Pacquiao hasn’t finished off an over Timothy Bradley in their eagerly anticipated wel- opponent inside the distance since. Debate has raged terweight world title rematch Saturday in Las Vegas as as to whether he has lost his knockout power, or per- he bids to avenge a controversial loss two years ago. haps become too “compassionate” towards oppo- America’s Bradley, renowned for his amazing durabili- nents after a deepening of his Catholic faith. ty, snapped the Philippine icon’s 15-fight unbeaten “Manny can punch-he does have knockout power,” streak with a debatable split decision triumph in their Roach insisted Thursday as the fight at the MGM first showdown on June 9, 2012. Grand Garden Arena drew near. If Pacquiao has held The 30-year-old Bradley is out to prove he was back out of compassion for his foes, Roach said he’d deserving of the World Boxing Organization belt he likely learned his lesson in his most recent defeats. seized that night and has since defended twice. In the 2012 loss to Marquez, Pacquiao had the For Pacquiao, 35, whose loss to Bradley was fol- Mexican star on the canvas in the fifth round and in lowed by a sixth-round knockout defeat to Juan trouble in the sixth before Marquez connected for a Manuel Marquez, it’s imperative he prove his unani- stunning one-punch knockout. mous decision victory over Brandon Rios in his only Pacquiao, who owns a record 55-5 with two drawn fight of 2013 marked a real rebirth of his ring career. and 38 knockouts, puts that defeat down to “careless- “This is a ‘must-win’ situation for us,” Pacquiao’s Hall ness.” However, it’s given Bradley some boasting rights of Fame trainer Freddie Roach said. Even though since the American has since edged Marquez in a duel MONACO: Rafael Nadal of Spain plays poker with professional poker Roach and “Pacman” want a clear-cut victory, both between the last two men to beat Pacquiao. player Vanessa Selbst at Casino de Monte Carlo. — AP said Pacquiao who has had to fend off talk of retire- That win over Marquez followed Bradley’s 12- ment-can’t go in aiming for a knockout. round decision over Ruslan Provodnikov, in which the Instead, they say he must press his attack consis- American absorbed a massive amount of punishment Federer back as Nadal tently, avoiding the fallow minutes that apparently before emerging triumphant. cost him the decision in the first Bradley fight, even seeks Monte Carlo title though Pacquiao landed more punches and more ‘TOUGH GUY’ - power punches overall. Bradley’s durability-on display against MONTE CARLO: Roger Federer right moment, with the top seed “I’m not thinking about a knockout,” the Filipino Provodnikov-is one reason not to seek a knock-out, MONACO: Rafael Nadal, of Spain plays poker with pro- returns to the Monte Carlo opening against either a qualifier said. “My focus is to throw a lot of punches. I’m going Roach said. “He’s a very resilient, tough, tough guy,” fessional poker player Vanessa Selbst at Casino de Masters starting today with a mis- or Frenchman Gilles Simon. And to be aggressive. If the knockout comes, it’s a bonus.” Roach said. But Roach believes that Pacquiao has the Monte Carlo. — AP sion to try and topple king of clay with all the pressure on his game Added Roach: “We’re looking to win every round, one skill to cope with Bradley’s slick movement, and Rafael Nadal as the Spaniard seeks for the next two months on the at a time.” showed against Rios that he can still put together Contador wins in long combinations that will make the difference an unprecedented ninth title in dirt, Nadal needs to keep his confi- ‘MANNY CAN PUNCH’ against the counter-punching Bradley. Basque Country the principality. Federer, his sea- dence sky-high. “I’m now at the Southpaw Pacquiao, the only man to win world “We’re using a lot of angles and hopefully that will son taking flight and his ranking top of the (points) race arriving to titles in eight weight divisions, staked his claim to nullify his defence,” Roach said. “We’ll set traps, catch MADRID: Spaniard Alberto Contador won the Tour of the Basque back to a more-than-respectable the clay court season,” he said. boxing’s pound-for-pound crown with a spate of him on the ropes-when we have him on the ropes, Country for the third time yesterday as Germany’s Tony Martin world number four, last competed “That’s positive for me, but I impressive knockout victories in 2008 and 2009. Manny knows what to do.” And if the chance to knock claimed his second stage win of the race in the individual time trial. at the optional Masters in 2011, need to be my 100 per cent. To That included a ninth-round stoppage of David out Bradley does come, Roach believes Pacquiao will A two-time winner of the Tour de France, 31-year-old Contador when he was shuttled out in a make a difference I need to try to Diaz that proved Pacquiao could step up to light- take it without hesitation, fired by Bradley’s pre-fight (Tinkoff-Saxo) had led the race from the first day and finished in quarter-final surprise by Austrian be aggressive, to try to move weight and retain his fearsome power. claim that Pacquiao had lost his “killer instinct.” style as he ended the 25.9km time trial around Markina-Xemein in Jurgen Melzer. myself very well on clay, and to try He went on to stop Oscar de la Hoya in a 2008 wel- “When we’re on the mitts we talk sometimes about second place just seven seconds behind Martin, a three time world terweight bout, and delivered a spectacular second- strategy and what’s going to happen,” Roach said. “He The 32-year-old Swiss who lost to find the best feeling possible as time trial champion. round knockout of Britain’s Ricky Hatton in 2009. told me one day, ‘When I hurt him, this is the combi- Martin’s Omega Pharma Quick-Step teammate Michal three straight finals here to Nadal soon as possible.” Monte Carlo- Later that year, he punished Miguel Cotto en route nation I’m going to finish him with.’ “I was so happy to between 2006 and 2008, will hope based Djokovic takes the second Kwiatowski finished third for the fifth time in the six stage race and to a 12th-round technical knockout in another welter- hear that.”— AFP his consistency was rewarded as he moved up to second in the for the kind of week which Novak seeding as he defends the title general classification, 49 seconds behind Contador. Frenchman Djokovic produced a year ago. and should be well-rested after a Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) also moved onto the podium with The Serb defeated Nadal for few weeks of downtime since the fifth fastest time of the day as Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) fin- the title 12 months ago, meting Miami. ished over a minute behind Martin to drop to fifth overall. out to the Spaniard only his sec- Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka takes Meanwhile, a week ago the pre-Tour of Flanders talk was about ond loss at the tournament since the third seeding, with the how open the race would be but ahead of today’s Paris-Roubaix first playing it as a 16-year-old in Australian Open champion trying that has turned to questions about how to stop Fabian Cancellara. 2003. to find his psychological balance The Swiss 33-year-old won his third Flanders crown last Sunday in a sprint finish, upsetting the hopes of a trio of Belgians on their home Federer made the decision to as the enormity of his Melbourne soil. And now he comes into the ‘Hell of the North’ race on the play after helping Switzerland into title win over Nadal takes time to French cobbles as the overwhelming favourite to complete a sec- the Davis Cup semi-finals last sink in. ond successive Flanders-Roubaix double, and third in total. weekend, a boost to his rising con- He will play either Marin Cilic or Already a double winner of the northern cobbled classics in fidence. Fernando Verdasco. Federer is 2010 and last year, Cancellara’s victory in Oudenaarde last week was He opens after a bye in the sec- seeded fourth ahead of Czech deflating for his opponents because he did so in a sprint finish. ond round against the winner Tomas Berdych and number six “Spartacus”-as Cancellara is known in the peloton-is revered for his from the veteran pair of Radek Spaniard David Ferrer. sheer power and ability to ride away from the pack and time-trial his way to victory. Stepanek and Ivo Karlovic. Missing from the field is That he now has another weapon in his armoury-the ability to Nadal is starting his huge Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, kick away from other riders in the final few hundred metres-makes spring task of defending four 2013 who is healing from right wrist sur- him an even greater favourite than he would otherwise have been titles on his surface of choice, with gery, while Andy Murray has opted at the ‘Queen of the Classics’. “He’s obviously the strongest guy here the Spaniard winning Barcelona, to stay as far away from the clay as and to be able to follow him you’ve got to be good,” said British rider Madrid, Rome and an eighth tro- possible until absolutely forced to Geraint Thomas after Flanders. phy at Roland Garros. go on it, the Scot will not take his A three time winner (his other success was in 2006), Cancellara After losing the Miami final a chances until Madrid in three could join Belgians Roger De Vlaeminck and Tom Boonen as a fortnight ago to arch rival weeks. The forecast seventh seed, record four-time champion if he crosses the line first at the velo- drome in Roubaix. Boonen-the winner in 2005, 2008, 2009 and Djokovic, Spain’s world number France’s Richard Gasquet, pulled 20012 — will line up as one of his major rivals, although the one finds himself back in his ten- out of the event on Saturday with LAS VEGAS: Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley stand toe to toe during a weigh-in prior to their Omega-Pharmna rider has struggled to produce his best form so far nis comfort zone at precisely the a back problem. — AFP WBO World Welterweight Title bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. — AFP during the Spring Classics season.—AFP SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 SPORTS Heat scorch Pacers Photo of the day

MIAMI: LeBron James scored 36 points, and the Miami Heat entire game, Washington kept its focus in the paint in the fourth moved back atop the Eastern Conference standings by running quarter. Leading 83-82 with just over four minutes to play, the past the Indiana Pacers 98-86 on Friday night. The Heat scored the Wizards scored nine straight points on two dunks, two layups and first 16 points of the second half and weren’t in trouble again. a free throw to push the lead to 10 points. Miami (54-25) leads the Pacers (54-26) by a half-game in the East race. Mario Chalmers scored 13, Udonis Haslem added 11 and CELTICS 106, BOBCATS 103 Chris Bosh and Ray Allen each scored 10 for the Heat. Paul George Avery Bradley scored 22 points, Phil Pressey had a career-high scored 22 for Indiana, which got 18 from David West, 12 from Luis 13 assists and Boston held off Charlotte’s late surge to snap a nine- Scola and 11 from Lance Stephenson. Pacers center Roy Hibbert game losing streak. Boston led 104-103 before Jared Sullinger had only five points and one rebound, grabbing it with just over 2 made two free throws with 2.5 seconds left. Charlotte called time- minutes left in the game. Miami has games against Atlanta, out then got the ball to Jannero Pargo, who missed a straightaway Washington and Philadelphia left. Win them all, and the Heat 3-point shot as time expired. The Bobcats were led by Al Jefferson would have home-court advantage through at least the East finals with 32 points and 10 rebounds and Gary Neal with 13 points. - which went seven games against Indiana last season. Charlotte’s season-best five-game winning streak ended as it dropped into the seventh and the next-to-last playoff spot in the SPURS 112, SUNS 104 Eastern Conference. It trails Washington by one game after the Danny Green had a career-high 33 points and San Antonio ral- Wizards beat Orlando 96-86 Friday night. lied from a 21-point deficit to clinch the league’s best record. Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points and Tony Parker added 18 THUNDER 116, PELICANS 94 points and three assists in his return from a two-game absence Kevin Durant scored 27 points, Russell Westbrook added 24 due to a back injury. Green was 7 for 10 on 3-pointers in pushing and Oklahoma City clinched at least the No. 2 seed in the Western San Antonio (62-18) to victory without Tim Duncan and Manu Conference. Serge Ibaka added 16 points, 10 rebounds and a sea- Ginobili, who both sat out the second game of a back-to-back for son-high eight blocks for the Thunder, who won their third rest. Eric Bledsoe had 30 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists to straight. The Thunder shot 54 from the field, made 23 of 27 free lead Phoenix (47-32), which fell into a tie with Memphis for the throws and committed just 11 turnovers. Oklahoma City led by 25 West’s eighth seed. Gerald Green scored 27 points, Markieff points at the end of the third quarter, so Durant and Westbrook Morris added 20 points and Channing Frye had 13. rested in the fourth. Darius Miller scored a career-high 18 points and Austin Rivers had 18 points and eight rebounds for the KNICKS 108, RAPTORS 100 Pelicans. New Orleans was without injured starters Anthony Davis Carmelo Anthony scored 30 points, Amare Stoudemore had (back) and Eric Gordon (left knee tendinitis). 24 points and 11 rebounds, and New York preserved its slim play- Carlos Sainz Jr. performs during the Red Bull Show Run in Kuwait City. off hopes. JR Smith had 15 points, Raymond Felton 12 and Iman GRIZZLIES 117, 76ERS 95 —www.redbull.com Shumpert scored eight of his 11 in the fourth quarter as the Marc Gasol had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Mike Miller added Knicks won for the first time in three games. DeMar DeRozan 19 points, and Memphis made a strong push in the third quarter scored 26 points and Kyle Lowry had 25 but the Raptors failed to to beat Philadelphia. Tony Allen scored 15 points to help the match the franchise record for victories in a season (47) and disap- Grizzlies preserve their playoff hopes. Memphis pulled into a tie pointed a sellout crowd that had hoped to watch them clinch the with Phoenix for the Western Conference’s final postseason spot Watson out in front Atlantic Division title for the second time in franchise history. when the Suns later lost to San Antonio. The Grizzlies own the Toronto later clinched the division when the Nets lost to Atlanta. tiebreaker by winning the season series with the Suns. Nick Calathes added 12 points for Memphis, while Zach as Masters heats up HAWKS 93, NETS 88 Randolph finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds. The won their Paul Millsap had 27 points and 10 rebounds to help Atlanta 13th straight at home, matching the franchise record set last sea- move to the verge of a playoff spot. The Hawks could have son. Tony Wroten and Thaddeus Young led the Sixers with 18 AUGUSTA: Bubba Watson was the man FULL OF CONFIDENCE within six strokes of Watson in a leader- clinched the final Eastern Conference berth had the Knicks lost in points apiece. Elliot Williams added 13 for Philadelphia, which lost to catch yesterday for the 50 other Then there are the new kids on the board dominated by Americans, but Toronto. Instead, Atlanta remained two games up with three to its third straight and fifth in the last six. golfers who made it through to Masters block led by 20-year-old Spieth, who is still with an international flavor. play, needing just one more win or New York loss to secure its weekend at Augusta National. one of 11 of the record 24 first-time This year, for the first time since postseason place. Jeff Teague added 22 points for the Hawks, who BULLS 106, PISTONS 98 The 35-year-old champion from two Masters players to make the cut on 1994, there was no Tiger Woods and no won for just the fifth time in 13 games and are only 36-43, but that DJ Augustin scored 24 points, Taj Gibson added 17, and years ago blasted clear of the field on four-over 148. Phil Mickelson on the weekend at the might be good enough in the East. He frequently took advantage Chicago rallied from 18 down to win its seventh straight. Carlos Friday with a five-in-a-row, back nine Spieth exudes all the confidence of Masters. Four-time winner Woods is of a matchup with little brother Marquis, forced to play extended Boozer finished with 18 points. Mike Dunleavy Jr. scored all of his birdie blast that briefly raised the roof youth, saying there is no reason he can- absent through injury and three-time minutes while the Nets rested some regulars. 14 in the second half, and the Bulls kept their longest win streak of on what was otherwise a relatively not become the youngest-ever winner champion Phil Mickelson missed the the season going. They moved a game ahead of Atlantic Division sedate day. of the Masters today. cut for the first time since 1997. WIZARDS 96, MAGIC 86 leader Toronto for third in the Eastern Conference, with the Raptors By the time the dust had settled, “Right now we’re 36 holes in, so I First out on another day of clear Nene scored 17 points and Bradley Beal added 16 as losing to the New York Knicks. The Bulls also clinched home-court think I’m still far from contention, we’re blue skies and hot sunshine at Augusta Washington overcame a sluggish offense. John Wall had 10 points advantage in the first round of the playoffs with Brooklyn falling to Watson was leading by three at seven- and 12 assists for the Wizards, who ended a two-game losing Atlanta. They trailed 56-38 at the half but turned things around in a under-par 137 after rounds of 69 and only at the halfway point. I think con- National was former world number one streak. Trevor Booker finished with 14 points and Marcin Gortat big way after that. Chicago outscored Detroit 32-24 in the third 68, making him the only man in the tention is back nine today, but I’m in a and pre-tournament favorite Rory had 12. Arron Afflalo led Orlando with 19 points, but the Magic quarter to pull within 10 and went on a 15-0 run in the fourth to field capable of creating Masters histo- position to put myself into that con- McIlory, who scraped into the weekend shot just 4 for 15 in the fourth quarter and saw their two-game turn an eight-point deficit into a 90-83 edge. ry by firing four rounds in the 60s. tention and see what I can do,” he said. by sinking a nervy five-footer for par at winning streak end. Jameer Nelson had 12 points, 11 assists and Closest to him is quiet Australian A total of 17 players were grouped the last on Friday evening. — AFP seven rebounds for Orlando and Kyle O’Quinn added 13 points TIMBERWOLVES 112, ROCKETS 110 John Senden, who is at four under, with and nine rebounds. Struggling from the perimeter nearly the Corey Brewer scored a career-high 51 points and Gorgui Dieng veteran Dane Thomas Bjorn, unherald- hit a short jumper with 4.6 seconds to play to lift short-handed ed Swede Jonas Blixt, rising US star Minnesota. Brewer made 19 of 30 shots, easily surpassing his pre- Jordan Spieth and, most menacingly, NBA results/standings vious career high of 29 points. He became the fifth player this sea- defending champion Adam Scott a fur- son to score 50 in a game, and the Wolves scored a staggering 39 ther shot back. Washington 96, Orlando 86; NY Knicks 108, Toronto 100; points in transition against Houston’s woeful defense. Watson, who endured a year in the Boston 106, Charlotte 103; Atlanta 93, Brooklyn 88; Miami James Harden hit a 3-pointer with 17 seconds to go that tied it golfing wilderness after his emotional 98, Indiana 86; Chicago 106, Detroit 98; Memphis 117, at 110, but the rookie Dieng calmly knocked down the game-win- Masters win in 2012, said he had got Philadelphia 95; Minnesota 112, Houston 110; Oklahoma ner for the Wolves, who were missing All-Star Kevin Love with a himself back to the basics and was City 116, New Orleans 94; Milwaukee 119, Cleveland 116; hyperextended right elbow. Harden had 33 points, 10 assists and “being a kid again and just rejoicing.” San Antonio 112, Phoenix 104; Portland 111, Utah 99; eight rebounds for the Rockets. Golden State 112, LA Lakers 95. Whether he will still be rejoicing at the end of yesterday’s third round BUCKS 119, CAVALIERS 116 remains to be seen as the chasing pack- Eastern Conference Brandon Knight scored 24 points and Ramon Sessions added Atlantic Division 20 as Milwaukee held off Cleveland and preserved its slim hopes an intriguing blend of old hands and W L PCT GB of avoiding the NBA’s worst record. The victory moved the Bucks young guns - seek to reel him in. Toronto 46 33 .582 - Five back of the lead, evergreen Brooklyn 43 36 .544 3 to within two games of Philadelphia with three games remaining for each team. The 76ers lost at Memphis earlier in the night. Dion Freddie Couples, the 1992 Masters win- NY Knicks 34 45 .430 12 ner, led a record six 50-and-over players Boston 24 55 .304 22 Waiters had 23 points for Cleveland, while Jarrett Jack added 21 Philadelphia 17 62 .215 29 and Tristan Thompson 18. Knight’s jumper from the right wing put into the weekend. The old mark for Central Division the Bucks up for good at 107-106 with 4:09 remaining. Two free Champions Tour-aged players to make Indiana 54 26 .675 - throws by Kyrie Irving pulled the Cavaliers within 111-110, but a the cut was four, most recently done Chicago 47 32 .595 6.5 basket by Khris Middleton and two free throws by Zaza Pachulia last year. Cleveland 32 48 .400 22 made it 115-110 with 1:44 remaining. Fiji’s 51-year-old Vijay Singh, the Detroit 29 51 .363 25 2000 Masters champion, and 56-year- Milwaukee 15 64 .190 38.5 TRAIL BLAZERS 111, JAZZ 99 old German Bernhard Langer, the Southeast Division Wesley Matthews had 21 points and Damian Lillard scored 14 Masters winner in 1985 and 1993, will Miami 54 25 .684 - of his 16 points in a key fourth-quarter run to rally Portland past be playing partners in the middle of Washington 41 38 .519 13 Utah. LaMarcus Aldridge had 18 points and 14 rebounds, his 40th the pack Saturday. Charlotte 40 39 .506 14 double-double, and Nicolas Batum added 15 points to keep Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, 50, Atlanta 36 43 .456 18 Portland in the race to host a first-round playoff series. Orlando 23 56 .291 31 and 56-year-old Scotsman Sandy Lyle, Derrick Favors scored 21 points and Enes Kanter had 15 points the 1988 Masters champion, tee off Western Conference and 13 rebounds, but the Jazz have lost eight of nine. Early in the Northwest Division together early, Lyle on 148, one behind fourth quarter, the Jazz led by two and Lillard hadn’t converted a Oklahoma City 58 21 .734 - Jimenez. single field goal. Over the next 3:24, Lillard made four 3-pointers Portland 52 28 .650 6.5 And 55-year-old American Larry Minnesota 40 39 .506 18 and a pair of free throws. After that, the Blazers led by double-dig- its for the first time at 96-85 with 6:28 remaining and soon earned Mize, who chipped in from 140 feet on Denver 35 44 .443 23 the second playoff hole to beat Greg AUGUSTA: Bubba Watson of the United States lines up a putt on the 18th Utah 24 55 .304 34 their seventh victory in their past eight games. Norman for the 1987 green jacket, is on green during the second round of the 2014 Masters Tournament at Pacific Division LA Clippers 55 24 .696 - WARRIORS 112, LAKERS 95 146. Augusta National Golf Club. — AFP Golden State 49 30 .620 6 Stephen Curry had 30 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, and Phoenix 47 32 .595 8 Golden State clinched a playoff berth. Klay Thompson and Sacramento 27 52 .342 28 Marreese Speights scored 16 points apiece for the Warriors, who LA Lakers 25 54 .316 30 will make back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time Southwest Division in more than two decades. After blowing a 20-point lead and a Elite field awaits Farah in San Antonio 62 18 .775 - chance to clinch at home against Denver on Thursday night, Curry Houston 52 27 .658 9.5 and the Warriors are back in the postseason after snapping an 11- Dallas 48 32 .600 14 game road losing streak against the Lakers. Nick Young scored 25 London Marathon debut Memphis 47 32 .595 14.5 points for the Lakers, who set a franchise low with the 54th loss of New Orleans 32 47 .405 29.5 their miserable season. The 1957-58 Minneapolis Lakers lost 53 LONDON: Double Olympic gold medallist Mo really feeling it, I was seeing stars and I was out of times in their 72-game season. — AP Farah makes his London Marathon debut today it completely. with the British record, rather than outright victory, “I’m fine and I’m glad what happened in New in his sights. York didn’t happen here.” Farah added: “It has hap- Organisers have assembled a top-class field for pened before, when I ran cross country in 2009 so I the 31-year-old’s first competitive race over the wasn’t worried at all. “I didn’t really miss any train- 26.2 mile course including the Kenyan trio of ing, the fall was more worrying for me than what Wilson Kipsang, who set the current world happened afterwards but fortunately I just had a marathon record of two hours three minutes 23 few scratches on my hip and my back.” seconds at September’s Berlin Marathon. Also Wisely, Farah has put to one side suggestions he included are Emmanuel Mutai, who set the London might win on Sunday and is instead aiming to course record of 2:04:40 in winning three years break Steve Jones’s British record of 2:07:13, which ago, and Geoffrey Mutai, twice winner in New York. has stood since 1985. Uganda’s world and Olympic champion Stephen “My main target is definitely to go after the Kiprotich will also be on the start line as will British record,” Farah said. “Hopefully I can the Ethiopia’s double London champion Tsegaye break it and then we’ll see what comes with it. “It’s Kebede and compatriot Haile Gebrselassie, who, at going to be an incredible race whatever happens the age of 40, will seek to take the field through to because if you look at the field, it’s something very the three-quarters mark in world record pace. special. Doubts over the participation of Farah, the “I know with my confidence on the track I 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres gold medallist at should be there but at the same time the distance the 2012 Olympics in London and last year’s world for me is a challenge. It’s something I’m going to championships in Moscow, were raised when, hav- find out if I can do or not and that’s what I wanted, ing fallen early on, he collapsed after the finish of I wanted to test myself. “I’ll go out there and go the New York City half-marathon last month. with the group and try to be patient-that’s my aim, “I fell over early on and it was just hard after that not to waste too much energy. The most important because you’re so tired,” Farah said. “The reason I thing is to respect the distance.” Meanwhile collapsed afterwards was I gave 110 percent, I gave Kebede said: “I am in good shape and I want to win CHICAGO: Joakim Noah No. 13 of the Chicago Bulls blocks a shot by Rodney Stuckey No. 3 of the Detroit Pistons at all I could and towards the last four miles I was again. I’m saying, ‘I will win again’.” — AFP the United Center. — AFP SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 SPORTS Bayern humbled at home by Dortmund

BERLIN: German champions Bayern Munich suf- fered their second successive league defeat as they were thrashed 3-0 at home by Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena yesterday. Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Marco Reus and Jonas Hofmann con- demned ten-man Bayern to their first Bundesliga loss in Munich since October 2012. The reigning European champions have failed to win any of the three league matches they have played since wrapping up the German title. The win means second-placed Dortmund move FRANCE: Lille’s French defender Dijbril Sidibe (center) vies for the ball with three points clear of rivals Schalke 04, who are Valenciennes’ Central African defender Eloge Enza-Yamissi (left) during the French third, boosting their chances of returning to the League football match. — AFP Champions League next season. Both sides have German Cup semi-finals to look forward to in midweek but Bayern coach Pep Relentless Lille close in Guardiola and his Dortmund counterpart Juergen Klopp named strong line-ups. on Champions League The visitors, however, left star striker Robert Lewandowski on the bench. The Polish interna- PARIS: Lille ground out yet another 1-0 win tional, who is set to join Bayern next season, was yesterday, beating local rivals Valenciennes replaced by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. thanks to a second-half Divock Origi goal to The first half was short on chances but close in on Champions League qualification Dortmund hit the front after 20 minutes. from Ligue 1. Aubamayeng flicked Hofmann’s throw-in on to England FA Cup MUNICH: Dortmund’s midfielder Jonas Hofmann celebrates after the third goal for Dortmund It was a ninth 1-0 victory this season for the Reus inside the box and the German international during the German First Division Bundesliga football match against Bayern Munich. — AFP northern club and it consolidated them in third Hull City v Sheffield 18:07 then found Mkhitaryan. place in the Ligue 1 table, eight points clear of beIN SPORTS 4 HD The Armenian midfielder took a touch before who play today, and Borussia Moenchengladbach, December but his new team fell behind when Lars who were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Vfb Stindl headed home on nine minutes. fourth-placed Saint-Etienne, who go to Reims English Premier League calmly slotting his seventh goal of the season today. Indeed, Rene Girard’s side are also now beyond Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. Stuttgart. Daniel Didavi slammed home early on Hamburg levelled through a Hakan Calanoglou Liverpool v Man City 15:37 just three points adrift of Monaco in second It was the fifth game in a row in which Bayern for Stuttgart but Juan Arango’s header with a free-kick but Didier Ya Konan scrambled home beIN SPORTS 9 HD before the principality club travel to Rennes lat- had fallen behind and the closest they came to minute remaining salvaged a point for with four minutes left to help Hanover pull five Swansea v Chelsea 18:07 equalising was when Mario Mandzukic volleyed Moenchengladbach. Stuttgart are now one point points clear of the relegation zone. In the other er. Only the top two teams go straight into the beIN SPORTS 9 HD Champions League group stages, with the straight at Roman Weidenfeller shortly before the clear of third-from-bottom Hamburg, who lost 2-1 meeting of two relegation candidates, Freiburg third-placed side having to go through two Italian Calcio interval. Neuer was forced off with a calf problem at Hanover. defeated bottom club Eintracht Braunschweig 2-0, qualifying round ties to get there. Salomon Torino v Genoa 16:00 at the break, with Lukas Raeder coming in for the Hamburg coach Mirko Slomka returned to while Europa League hopefuls Mainz swept aside Kalou hit the post in the first half for LOSC beIN SPORTS 4 HD German number one. Hanover 96 for the first time since his sacking in mid-table Werder Bremen 3-0. — AFP before Valenciennes goalkeeper Magno Sampdoria v Inter 16:00 The 20-year-old substitute conceded just four Novaes produced a superb flying stop to keep beIN SPORTS 2 HD minutes later as Mkhitaryan broke swiftly from his out a Djibril Sidibe shot just after the restart. Verona v Fiorentina 16:00 own half and then threaded a perfect pass through German League results/standings The only goal of the game at the Stade beIN SPORTS 8 HD to Aubameyang. The Gabonese striker unselfishly Pierre-Mauroy came 20 minutes from time Napoli v SS Lazio 16:00 left Reus with a simple finish for his 14th goal of Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Arango 89) VfB Stuttgart 1 (Didavi 12); Freiburg 2 (Vrancic-og 8, when Kalou set up Belgian forward Origi, beIN SPORTS 3 HD the campaign. Seven minutes later Dortmund Schuster 48) Eintracht Braunschweig 0; Hanover 96 2 (Stindl 9, Ya Konan 86) Hamburg 1 whose shot was deflected into the net off AC Milan v Calcio 21:45 made the points safe. Bayern defender Javi (Calanoglou 48); VfL Wolfsburg 4 (Olic 19, Perisic 22, 83, Malanda 69) Nuremberg 1 (Feulner 8); Valenciennes defender Carl Medjani. beIN SPORTS 3 HD Martinez slipped when chasing a long ball over the Mainz 05 3 (Petersen-og 5, Moritz 16, Malli 39) Werder Bremen 0; Bayern Munich 0 Borussia The visitors were furious at not being top, leaving Hofmann with plenty of time to pick Dortmund 3 (Mkhitaryan 20, Reus 49, Hofmann 56). awarded a foul when Simon Kjaer caught Spanish League his spot. Tongo Hamed Doumbia at the other end in the Real Betis v Sevilla 13:00 Mandzukic had a goal chalked off for offside build-up, and they remain eight points adrift of beIN SPORTS 2 HD before Rafinha was sent off for hitting out at Playing later Playing today safety with time running out to avoid relega- Valencia v Elche 18:00 Mkhitaryan in injury time as Dortmund gained Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha Berlin, Schalke 04 2 (Meyer 59, Farfan 90+1) tion. Lille will now be hoping for Monaco to beIN SPORTS 8 HD revenge for a 3-0 defeat in November’s reverse fix- Hoffenheim v Augsburg Eintracht Frankfurt 0 lose later, although Girard insists catching Getafe v Atletico 20:00 ture. Claudio Ranieri’s big-spending side is not at the Espanyol v Vallecano 22:00 German League table after yesterday evening’s match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals forefront of his mind. beIN SPORTS 6 HD WOLVES MOVE UP against, points): “It is not our objective but if they slip up we Earlier VfL Wolfsburg continued their push for a German Bundesliga 1st Div. Bayern Munich 29 25 3 2 82 20 78 Hanover 30 9 5 16 38 55 32 will be there. The important thing is to worry place in next season’s Champions League after a — champions Freiburg 30 8 8 14 35 52 32 about ourselves and to keep going,” said Girard, Bayer v Hertha 16:30 thumping 4-1 win over Nuremburg saw them go Dortmund 29 19 4 7 67 32 61 Stuttgart 30 7 7 16 45 58 28 Dubai Sports whose team have a difficult run of fixtures to fourth. The second-from-bottom visitors took the Schalke 30 17 7 6 56 38 58 Hamburg 30 7 6 17 46 62 27 Hoffenheim v Augsburg 18:30 finish the season, including a trip to Marseille lead through Markus Feulner but Wolfsburg hit VfL Wolfsburg 30 15 5 10 53 45 50 Nuremberg 30 5 11 14 35 58 26 Dubai Sports next week and a home meeting with Paris back with two goals in four minutes. M’ gladbach 30 14 7 9 52 35 49 Braunschweig 30 6 7 17 28 52 25 Saint-Germain next month. French League First Ivica Olic slid home his 12th goal of the Leverkusen 29 15 3 11 48 36 48 Note: Top three qualify directly for the “The end of the season will be tough, but it season from a Kevin de Bruyne cross, then the Nantes v Guingamp 15:00 Mainz 30 14 5 11 44 45 47 Champions League, fourth goes into the play- was good to win tonight to keep us in the run- Belgian midfielder teed up another Croatian, Ivan beIN SPORTS 5 HD Augsburg 29 12 6 11 41 43 42 offs, while fourth and fifth play in the Europa ning.” PSG will also be looking for Monaco to Perisic, after 22 minutes. Junior Malanda drilled Stade Reims v Saint Etienne 18:00 Hoffenheim 29 9 10 10 64 63 37 League. The bottom two sides are relegated slip up in Brittany, because if they lose and Paris home midway through the second half before Olic beIN SPORTS 5 HD Hertha Berlin 29 10 7 12 37 40 37 and the team finishing 16th has a two-legged set up Perisic as Nuremberg lost for the seventh win at Lyon on Sunday, the capital side will be Lyonnais v PSG 22:00 Eintracht 30 9 8 13 37 50 35 play-off against the side which finishes third in crowned champions with five matches of the beIN SPORTS 5 HD time in eight matches. Bremen 30 8 9 13 34 58 33 the second division. season remaining. —AFP The win saw Wolfsburg leapfrog Leverkusen,

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LONDON: Hull City manager Steve Bruce insists he won’t LONDON: Carried by a wave of raw has encouraged his players to let his players be distracted by the prospect of making his- emotion, leaders Liverpool will look approach the game with clear heads. tory as they prepare to face League One minnows Sheffield to land a potentially decisive blow in “It will be a very emotional day, United in the FA Cup semi-finals today. Bruce’s Premier the Premier League title race when but the team that has the cold mind League team head to Wembley for their first semi-final in they host Manchester City today. will win the game,” said the Chilean. 84 years as the clear favourites against third tier opponents Tributes to mark the 25th “It is easy in these big games to have who are the last remaining obstacle between Hull and the anniversary of the Hillsborough dis- the motivation, but it is very impor- first major final in the club’s 110-year history. aster will frame the encounter and tant to manage the anxiety. That is On paper, Hull should have few problems dispatching with Liverpool on course for a first very important for all the players.” Nigel Clough’s team to set up a final showdown with title since 1990, Anfield is likely to be Pellegrini has also claimed that it Arsenal. United are 44 places below Hull in the league a cauldron of fervor and belief. is “not a game that will decide the structure and no team from outside the top two divisions As with every other game in title”, but a win for either side would has reached the FA Cup final in more than a century. England this weekend, kick-off will alter the picture significantly, as both But Bruce, whose first managerial job was with United occur seven minutes later than sides know that they will be champi- in 1998, is determined to guard against complacency and, scheduled as a mark of respect for ons if they win all of their remaining in a bid to keep his players in businesslike mood, he was the 96 Liverpool fans who died after matches. City, who trail Liverpool by quick to play down the historic sub-plot. a fatal crush at Sheffield four points with two games in hand, Former Manchester United defender Bruce, a three-time Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium received a huge fillip prior to the LONDON: Chelsea’s John Terry celebrates in this file photo. —AP FA Cup winner as a player, said: “We won’t do anything dif- during an FA Cup semi-final in 1989. game with the news that top scorer ferent. We want it to be like a normal game. “We don’t want The timing reflects the moment at Sergio Aguero will be fit to play after to give them any excuses. We had Thursday off, we are in Chelsea set sights on Swansea which that game against five games out with a hamstring Friday and Saturday and let’s hope preparation is the same Nottingham Forest was called to a problem. Apart from centre-back halt. Former players from the two Matija Nastasic, who has an ongoing as usual. “I know the team, but the players don’t. I’ll tell the LONDON: Chelsea’s looming Champions League victory over PSG. Once again the manager must sides will exchange wreaths prior to knee complaint, Pellegrini has a fully players the team yesterday.”You know when there is a big semi-final with Atletico Madrid will be put to one side decide which of his three forwards will get the nod to the match, which will also be preced- fit squad to select from, while left- game and we had to put the reins on them at the training as Jose Mourinho’s side attempt to strengthen their lead the line with Samuel Eto’o the favourite to start. ed by a rendition of the Liverpool back Jose Enrique (also knee) will be ground, which is great to see. They were flying around.” Premier League title challenge at Swansea. The Demba Ba-scorer of the 87th minute goal that set- anthem, ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, the only absentee for the home side. Hull owner Assem Allam suffered a frustrating defeat at Stamford Bridge club will head to South Wales today tled Tuesday’s tie-and Fernando Torres will most likely and a minute’s silence. With 29 goals to his name, Liverpool Wembley in midweek when his controversial application to having been boosted by this week’s memorable victo- again be on the bench. change the club’s name to Hull Tigers was rejected by the ry over Paris Saint-Germain that took them one step Nemanja Matic and Mohamed Salah are expected Fresh inquests into the deaths striker Luis Suarez needs just two Football Association. closer towards clinching European football’s top prize to be restored to the starting line-up after being ineli- opened recently after the original more goals to equal the Premier But the Egyptian will be back at the English national sta- for the second time in three years. gible to face PSG while Ramires also returns following coroner’s verdicts of accidental death League scoring record for a 38-game dium with Europe in his sights. Should Arsenal get the bet- And they could receive a further lift immediately a three-game domestic ban. were quashed following a campaign season, but he says that the team’s ter of Wigan, either Hull or United will qualify for next sea- before kick-off when the outcome of Manchester Angel Rangel is confident Swansea’s home form by victims’ families, whose wounds requirements come first. “Of course it son’s Europa League if the Gunners hold onto fourth spot in City’s trip to Liverpool is known. will ensure they quickly confirm their Premier League remain as fresh as ever. would be special,” said the the Premier League and qualify for the Champions League. Chelsea head into the latest round of matches in status for another season. While no amount of on-pitch suc- Uruguayan. “Hull playing in Europe would be terrific. We’ll all go on second place, two points behind leaders Liverpool The Welsh club are six points above the relegation cess will ever provide adequate con- “But for myself, it is more impor- EasyJet!” Bruce said. “It would be quite remarkable but and two points ahead of third-placed Manchester zone before facing Chelsea today. After taking on the solation, Liverpool manager Brendan tant that Liverpool finish in a good we’ve got to get to the final first.” City, who have two games in hand. Blues, Swansea, who beat Norwich in their last home Rodgers says that his side’s title bid is position. I try in every game to score Meanwhile, boss Clough admits he isn’t offended by the With Liverpool playing Manchester City earlier fixture, also have Aston Villa and Southampton to play inspired by memories of the because I am a striker.” Blades’ underdog tag. Clough, whose father Brian failed to today, a situation that could lead to at least one of at the Liberty before the end of the campaign. Hillsborough dead. Back-to-back defeats at City and win the Cup during his legendary managerial career, has Chelsea’s title rivals dropping points, Jose Mourinho’s And Spanish right-back Rangel feels those match- “We can’t say too much about Chelsea left Liverpool six points masterminded victories over Premier League sides Aston side will look to take advantage at the Liberty es will determine which direction their struggling sea- Hillsborough because the inquests below leaders Arsenal at the turn of Villa and Fulham during United’s run to the last four. Stadium. Confidence is high after the way they over- son will go. “We know we are not safe,” he said. “We are under way,” he said earlier this the year, but a burst of nine consecu- But United, the first League One team to reach this turned a two-goal deficit against PSG. have five games left, three at home and two away. We week. “But as a manager coming into tive wins (during which they have stage of the competition since 2001, have a miserable But Chelsea’s recent problems away from home have 15 points left to play for and we don’t want to the football club, I know there are 96 plundered 32 goals) has propelled record at Wembley and Clough is realistic about his unher- ensure three points certainly cannot be taken for rely on other teams losing, we want to win. “We can people in the sky who will always be them to the summit. City have an alded team’s hopes of springing another surprise. “Our granted by the London club. win games, especially down the Liberty, where we’ve supporting this football team. impressive record against Liverpool chances are slim because we’re playing a team two divi- got three left against Aston Villa and Southampton. I “If we are to achieve anything this in recent seasons, however, having sions above us,” he said. “It is so many years since a League ‘FORWARD POWER’ know we have Chelsea next, which is going to be a year, they will always be in our avoided defeat in their last five One team got to this stage. And I don’t think one has got to The Blues have lost their last three away matches, tough one, but we’ve got a chance. “When teams thoughts-the 96 in the sky and the league encounters. Rodgers can the final so that’s why Hull are huge favourites. against Premier League strugglers Aston Villa and around us play each other we know someone is going families that go with them.” nonetheless take heart from the fact “Hull will be the sternest test. I would have said that Crystal Palace before the 3-1 first leg defeat in the Parc to get points-that’s obvious. We have a gap above the that his side have won all four of their even if it had been the round before.” Just reaching semi- des Princes. A return of one goal in those three games relegation zone, it’s not a lot, and we have to work BOOST FOR CITY home meetings against the other finals is a huge achievement for United-four-time FA Cup underlined why Mourinho remains concerned about hard until the end of the season. “It’s going to be vital The rawness of the occasion teams in the top seven so far this sea- winners and founder members of the Premier League who his side’s lack of forward power, despite following last to get some points at the Liberty. Those games are leaves City in an uncomfortable posi- son, scoring 14 times and conceding have fallen on hard times in the last two decades.—AFP weekend’s 3-0 home win against Stoke with the 2-0 going to be very important.” — AFP tion, and manager Manuel Pellegrini only once. — AFP SPORTS SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 EPL results/standings Brown helps Everton Crystal Palace 1 (Puncheon 76) Aston Villa 31) Tottenham 3 (Olsson 34-og, Kane 70, 0; Fulham 1 (Rodallega 40) Norwich 0; Eriksen 90). Southampton 0 Cardiff 1 (Cala 65); Stoke 1 (Pieters 42) Newcastle 0; Playing today into EPL’s top four Sunderland 0 Everton 1 (Brown 75-og); Liverpool v Manchester City, Swansea v West Brom 3 (Vydra 1, Brunt 4, Sessegnon Chelsea.

English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Sunderland 0 Liverpool 33 23 5 5 90 40 74 West Ham 33 10 7 16 37 44 37 Chelsea 33 22 6 5 65 24 72 Crystal Palace 33 11 4 18 24 39 37 Man City 31 22 4 5 84 29 70 Hull 33 10 6 17 34 40 36 Everton 33 19 9 5 53 31 66 Aston Villa 33 9 7 17 35 49 34 Everton 1 Arsenal 33 19 7 7 56 40 64 Swansea 33 8 9 16 45 49 33 Spurs 34 18 6 10 48 48 60 West Brom 33 6 15 12 40 51 33 Man Utd 33 17 6 10 56 38 57 Norwich 34 8 8 18 26 53 32 Southampton 34 13 9 12 50 45 48 Fulham 34 9 3 22 34 74 30 SUNDERLAND: Everton extended their winning run Newcastle 34 14 4 16 38 52 46 Cardiff 34 7 8 19 30 64 29 to seven as they climbed into the Premier League’s top Stoke 34 11 10 13 38 48 43 Sunderland 32 6 7 19 29 54 25 four courtesy of a 1-0 victory away to Sunderland yes- Notes: Top four teams qualify for next season’s Champions League; fifth-place team qualifies for terday. Europa League; bottom three teams relegated to Championship Wes Brown’s own-goal secured Everton’s victory- the first time since they last won the title in 1987 they have won seven games in a row-and pushed bottom of the table Sunderland closer to relegation. Brown Eriksen saves Spurs turned a cross from lively Spaniard Gerard Deulofeu in to his own net quarter of an hour before the end at the Stadium of Light to seal a result that proved signif- icant at both ends of the table. While the Black Cats in six-goal thriller were left seven points adrift of safety, Everton leapfrogged Arsenal to take a two point advantage in His cross was only cleared to the back the race for the fourth and final Champions League post by the beleaguered Vlad Chiriches, who place. Brown’s own goal-the sixth in the Premier West Brom 3 endured a torrid afternoon, and Brunt ruth- League this season by a Sunderland player-was harsh lessly converted with a textbook volley on Gus Poyet’s team who deserved to come away with inside the right post. something from the match. Sunderland had plenty of Tottenham’s young forward Kane twice possession but failed to seriously test goalkeeper Tim LONDON: Everton’s Steven Naismith (left) controls the ball as Sunderland’s Phil Bardsley makes a challenge during their English Premier League soccer match at the Stadium of Light. — AP Tottenham 3 spurned opportunities to half the deficit, Howard, which has become the story of their season, first firing narrowly wide from the edge of until the later stages of the first half and Everton Sunderland found more fluency in their play and start- weighted cross. box before diverting a Rose cross inches should have taken the lead before that. ed to threaten the Everton penalty area. After Deulofeu had gone close at the other end past the near post. Roberto Martinez’s visitors had two fantastic early Had it not been for the presence of defender John and Naismith had wasted another glorious chance-he WEST BROMWICH: An injury-time Christian Yet an even Spurs bigger chance was chances. The first arrived when a Sunderland corner Stones on the line, Sunderland would have gone missed an empty net when Mannone had misjudged Eriksen strike rescued a point for Tottenham passed up in the 16th minute when they broke down. The blue shirts broke at pace with James ahead. Fabio Borini latched on to a weak back pass a long ball-Sunderland pushed on again. But the way Hotspur as they clawed back a three-goal were rather harshly awarded a penalty after McCarthy rolling a clever pass down the left for from Leighton Baines, rounded Howard before watch- Connor Wickham and Borini stood and watched deficit to draw 3-3 at West Bromwich Albion Rose went to ground under what appeared Deulofeu to chase. Deulofeu, on loan from Barcelona, ing his shot from a tight angle thwarted by Stones. Howard fumble then gather a loose ball after Ki’s low in a result which did few favors for either a fair challenge from Amalfitano. twisted and turned until shooting low in to the arms Poyet, who was unable to call on midfielder Liam shot from distance summed up Sunderland’s after- side. A first-half flurry of goals from Matej A swaggering Adebayor stepped up, yet of Italian goalkeeper Vito Mannone despite the option Bridcutt because the player’s wife had gone in to noon in front of goal. Then Everton got the break Vydra, Chris Brunt and Stephane Sessegnon his weakly-taken effort towards the right of picking out the unmarked Romelu Lukaku. labour, must have been satisfied just five days after the they craved and Sunderland feared with 15 minutes within the opening 31 minutes had put the corner was read by England goalkeeper 5-1 horror show at Tottenham. But Sunderland need- remaining. Deulofeu got to the byline and crossed Baggies in full control at The Hawthorns. Foster, who saved comfortably. RAISE THE TEMPO ed more than a point. Whatever Poyet had to say in towards the six yard box where it hit former Yet a Jonas Olsson own-goal before half- That gave Mel’s team a further surge of Four minutes later there was an even more glaring the dressing room at half-time had the desired effect. Manchester United defender Brown’s leg and beat time gave hope to Tim Sherwood’s team, belief and Lloris required strong hands to tip chance. This time Steven Naismith embarrassed Sunderland raised the tempo and South Korean Mannone at his near post. Sunderland rallied and test- who had earlier seen Emmanuel Adebayor a powerful Amalfitano drive over his bar Brown with a lovely turn inside the penalty area, but midfielder Ki Sung-yueng almost opened the scoring, ed Howard on occasions, while Borini curled a won- miss a penalty, before Harry Kane and after he had been slipped in from the right he completely missed the target from 12 yards when it though, when he jumped ahead of Naismith and derful effort just wide, but Everton stood firm to climb Eriksen, in the fourth of six minutes of added far too easily by Youssouf Mulumbu. By the looked easier to score. As half-time approached headed wide from Adam Johnson’s deep and well in to the top four. — AFP time, completed the comeback. 31st minute they had a third, however, as Although it will prove a welcome point Sessegnon outpaced Chiriches from Olsson’s from such a position, the draw did little for long ball forward before firing a low shot sixth-placed Spurs’ hopes of European foot- beyond Lloris. Puncheon boosts ball next season. It was, though, a more damaging result for West Brom, who now sit GLIMMER OF HOPE Palace survival bid just three points above the relegation zone Spurs were gifted a glimmer of hope on a day which bottom-three duo Fulham three minutes later when the sliding Olsson and Cardiff both won. sliced Lennon’s right-wing cross into his own There was a distinct feeling of deja vu net. It was scarcely deserved, so bad were about the contest after Albion had led 2-0 Sherwood’s team. Crystal Palace 1 and 3-2 only to concede a last-gasp equalis- They finished the half the stronger, er against the Bluebirds a fortnight ago. though, and Albion had Foster to thank West Brom entered this game with when, after initially parrying Paulinho’s shot, momentum after winning at fellow strug- he superbly got across his line to thwart Aston Villa 0 glers Norwich last weekend and they picked Rose from the rebound. up where they left off, taking the lead within The Baggies goalkeeper performed hero- 28 seconds. Once more Morgan Amalfitano, ics to save his team again in the 53rd minute on the scoresheet for them the previous two when he pushed a vicious Lennon drive LONDON: Crystal Palace are within touching distance of seal- weekends, was at the heart of it. The on-loan which seemed destined for the bottom cor- ing Premier League survival after Jason Puncheon’s strike Frenchman adeptly demonstrated his sky- ner around his right post. clinched a 1-0 win over Aston Villa yesterday. high confidence by nutmegging Danny Kane though ensured a nervy finale Pulis’s side secured their third successive victory thanks to Rose out wide on the right and his delivery when he rose highest to head home Puncheon’s cool finish with 14 minutes remaining at Selhurst could only be palmed back by Spurs goal- Lennon’s cross and, as Spurs swarmed for- Park. The Eagles are now seven points clear of the relegation keeper Hugo Lloris into the path of Vydra, ward in the closing stages, the pressure zone with a game in hand on their struggling rivals at Everton who crisply volleyed home from 10 yards. eventually told. in midweek. If Palace do complete their escape then boss Pulis It was a dream start for the Baggies and Lennon was again the creator as his cross deserves to be mentioned as a potential manager of the year there was no letting up on their part. By the found its way to the back post and, after candidate for his remarkable work at the south London club, fourth minute they had doubled their coming inside with a clever drop of the who looked relegation certainties when he took over from Ian advantage and, once more, Amalfitano was shoulder, Eriksen drove home an unstop- Holloway in November. the creator. pable shot from inside the area. — AFP Villa have lost four successive league games and will be LONDON: Stoke City’s Peter Crouch (left) and Newcastle United’s Mike Williamson looking nervously over their shoulders at the bottom three, battle for the ball during their English Premier League soccer match at the Britannia who are just four points behind. Stadium. — AP Fulham given hopes Villa almost took the lead when Grant Holt’s header was turned goalwards by Gabriel Agbonlahor, but Palace forward Cameron Jerome was able to clear off the line. Stoke see off Newcastle to avoid relegation Palace had a penalty claim turned down after Mile Jedanik’s short free-kick worked the ball into Yannick Bolasie at the Britannia Stadium. The visitors had armed themselves to Heitinga to thank for blocking a volley and the winger went to ground under pressure from Holt, but referee Howard Webb waved play on. Stoke 1 counter Stoke’s aerial threat, but Peter from Jonny Howson but the home side Fulham 1 Pulis’s team were building a head of steam now and Adrian Crouch managed to elude all three cen- came close with an effort across goal Mariappa’s cross was headed just wide of the far post by tre-backs in the early stages, only to put from Rodallega that was just wide. Marouane Chamakh. Villa tested Palace goalkeeper Julian his close-range header against the post. Rodallega’s inability to control a flick- Speroni for the first time through Agbonlahor’s right-foot Newcastle 0 Moments later it was Newcastle’s on saw another promising chance evap- Norwich 0 curler early in the second half. chance to miss a sitter, with Dan Gosling orate but Norwich almost took the lead Jerome had scored only once in his last 37 games for shinning the ball over the crossbar from through Ricky van Wolfswinkel, the £8.5 Palace and Stoke and the burly striker’s confidence in front of STOKE-ON-TRENT: Stoke City took Shola Ameobi’s knock-down. million forward who hadn’t scored since goal was predictably low. another step towards a first ever top-10 LONDON: Fulham’s hopes of avoiding The chances dried up momentarily, the opening day of the season. Given a golden opportunity to break the deadlock when Premier League finish after winning 1-0 but three minutes before half-time Stoke relegation from the Premier League were Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan parried Bolasie’s deflected shot at home to Newcastle United yesterday. given a huge boost by a winner from went ahead when Pieters’s mishit cross STOCKDALE’S SAVE into his path, Jerome could only hit the underside of the bar A freak goal by Erik Pieters settled the from the left drifted over the unfortunate Hugo Rodallega in a 1-0 win at home to from close-range. Bolasie was at the heart of another danger- The Dutchman met Martin Olsson’s game in the 42nd minute, with the Krul and in off the far post. Norwich, who must now fear they are cross on the volley only for Stockdale to ous moment when Palace thought they had been awarded a Dutch left-back’s wind-assisted cross instead destined for the drop. penalty after his cross hit Villa defender Ciaran Clark and Crouch threatened to extend Stoke’s pull off a superb reflex save. Leroy Fer floating over visiting goalkeeper Tim Krul lead early in the second period when he Felix Magath’s side are still in the bot- saw the excellent Stockdale keep out his rebounded into Guzan’s hands. and into the net. tom three with four games remaining Palace appealed for handball and Webb pointed to the headed over from a Marko Arnautovic header from the resulting corner and a Pieters’s effort enabled Stoke to return cross, before Ryan Shawcross had to pro- but yesterday’s win at Craven Cottage free-kick that followed soon after saw spot before speaking to one of his linesmen and changing his to winning ways after a 3-0 loss at means they are now only two points mind. There was no need for Palace to rue that decision for duce a superb block to thwart Mike Robert Snodgrass strike the crossbar, Chelsea and tightened their grip on 10th Williamson at the other end. behind the Canaries, who have an unen- with the Fulham goalkeeper helpless on long as they took the lead in the 76th minute. Bolasie place, with West Ham United and Crystal unhinged the Villa defence with yet another teasing cross and Stoke substitute Charlie Adam, sport- viable run-in with fixtures against that occasion. Palace now six points below them, albeit Puncheon took a touch to turn Ryan Bertrand before lashing ing a protective face mask after breaking Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea Norwich knew they should have been in his sixth goal of the season. with games in hand. Newcastle are three his nose, might have made the game and Arsenal. ahead and Rodallega made them pay in points above Mark Hughes’s side in ninth Cardiff City’s win at Southampton was Villa boss Paul Lambert sent on Andreas Weimann and safe for Hughes’s side, but he could only the 40th minute when he swept a free- Marc Albrighton for the last eight minutes. But Puncheon place, but they have now lost four con- bad news for both sides as it keeps them curl wide when picked out by the excel- kick high into their net. should have sealed the points when he broke the offside trap secutive matches, conceding 12 goals lent Arnautovic. in with a chance of staying up but The visitors again tested Stockdale before firing against the post from a tight angle. without reply. Fulham will feel for the first time in a Newcastle threatened to snatch a after the break, with Fer side-footing a Weimann almost made Puncheon pay for that miss Krul returned for Newcastle after a point at the death, but Vurnon Anita long time that their destiny is in their low effort, but Rodallega almost made it moments later, but Speroni produced a fine save to preserve knee injury and found himself lining up own hands. could only head over from Ameobi’s 2-0 with a header that was cleared off the points. — AFP behind an unfamiliar three-man defence spiked cross. — AFP The starting line-ups said much about the line by Olsson in front of the far post. both sides’ confidence levels going into Still Norwich attacked and still they the game. Fulham, having won 2-1 at could not find the net, even when Olsson Aston Villa, made just one change by set up Snodgrass at the far post, where Dundee end Rangers Scottish Cup dream drafting in Rodallega, who had come off Brede Hangeland did just enough to the bench to score the winner. force the Scot to fire wide. GLASGOW: A howler from Rangers stand-in ‘keeper bled in. Rangers pressed for an equaliser in the sec- thing to look forward to at the end of the season,” Norwich had lost 1-0 at home to West Fulham substitute Scott Parker poked Steve Simonsen sealed Dundee United’s place in ond half but an horrendous attempted kick out McNamara said.“I think we can play a lot better than Bromwich Albion that weekend, a set- a passable chance tamely wide as the the Scottish Cup final following a 3-1 win at Ibrox from Simonsen eight minutes from time allowed we did today, especially in the second half, but we’re back that prompted them to sack man- game entered a frantic final 20 minutes, yesterday. Rangers had chances through Bilel Nadr Ciftci to make it 3-1. It is the fourth time in the just delighted to be there.” In contrast, Rangers man- ager Chris Hughton and promote youth which saw Rodallega head away a head- Mohsni and Dean Shiels before Stuart Armstrong past five seasons United have knocked Rangers out ager Ally McCoist was bitterly disappointed at his team coach Neil Adams, who immediate- er from Michael Turner that might well fired United in front in the 23rd minute. Jon Daly of the competition and the sixth straight cup tie side’s missed chances. “I thought we were the better ly made six changes. have gone in otherwise. should have had Rangers level before a deflected they have won against the Ibrox club, who were team for the majority of the game but just poor Both sides began boldly, with Another substitute, Ashkan Dejagah, shot from Gary Mackay-Steven made it 2-0 in the hoping to make their first major final since 2011. decisions cost us,” McCoist said. Norwich’s Nathan Redmond almost missed a glorious opportunity to wrap 36th minute. However, United manager Jackie McNamara “I thought we slit our own throats with the goals catching out David Stockdale, the up victory in stoppage time, blazing over Nicky Law hit the bar and then Steven Smith was delighted to see his side progress to the final. “I we lost and our level of finishing wasn’t what it Fulham goalkeeper, with an effort from a with only John Ruddy to beat, but the pulled one back for the fallen Glasgow giants with a think for everybody connected with the club it is a should be as we definitely had some great chances tight angle early on. final whistle soon followed, to the huge 42nd-minute free-kick that Radoslaw Cierzniak fum- great feeling to get to the final and it gives us some- to score today.”—AP Fulham then had defender John delight of Fulham fans. — AFP Contador wins in Bayern humbled Basque Country at home by Dortmund

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SPAIN: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi from Argentina (center) in action with Granada’s Manuel Iturra from Chile (left) and Foulquier from France, during a Spanish League soccer match. — AP Barca’s title hopes in tatters

MADRID: Barcelona’s La Liga title hopes suf- It was Montoya who had Barca’s first open- many minutes as he got a hand to Messi’s fered a huge blow as they lost 1-0 at Granada ing as he headed straight at Karnezis 12 min- inch-perfect free-kick to prevent the ball Spanish League results/standings yesterday to slip to a second consecutive utes in. However, just four minutes later finding the top corner and then held Celta Vigo 2 (Nolito 37-pen, Mina 82) Real Sociedad 2 (Canales 8, Griezmann 43); Villarreal 1 defeat. Granada took advantage of Barcelona’s Busquets’ effort as the Spanish international (Perbet 90+4) Levante 0; Granada 1 (Brahimi 16) Barcelona 0. Algerian Yacine Brahimi scored the only unsettled defence to open the scoring as bundled the ball goalwards from the result- goal of the game after 16 minutes as Barca Brahimi sped past Busquets and forced the ing corner. Playing later failed to find a way past the inspired Orestis ball past Jose Manuel Pinto at his near post. Even when Karnezis was finally beaten, Real Madrid v Almeria Karnezis in the Granada goal. Neymar then headed over from a fine on-loan Liverpool defender Tiago Llori was Just three days after being dumped out of Montoya cross before the Brazilian forced on hand to clear another effort from Neymar Spanish League table before yesterday’s late match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals the Champions League by Atletico Madrid, Karnezis into his first serious save of the day off the line as the ball trickled towards goal. against, points): Barca trail Atletico by a point having played a with a curling effort from outside the area Andres Iniesta then saw another two Atletico Madrid 32 25 4 3 70 22 79 Granada 33 11 4 18 30 46 37 game more and could end the night in third that was beaten away by the Greek ‘keeper. It efforts fly just past as Barca threw everyone Barcelona 33 25 3 5 92 27 78 Rayo Vallecano 32 11 3 18 37 68 36 place should Real Madrid beat Almeria at the was one way traffic in the second-half as forward and they were nearly caught on the Real Madrid 32 24 4 4 90 32 76 Elche 32 8 11 13 26 42 35 Santiago Bernabeu. Barca were denied on numerous occasions break when Youssef El-Arabi fired straight at Athletic Bilbao 32 17 8 7 55 35 59 Osasuna 33 9 7 17 28 53 34 Gerardo Martino made four changes from by Karnezis. Pinto with just the keeper to beat two min- Sevilla 32 15 8 9 59 47 53 Valladolid 33 6 14 13 32 50 32 the side that started Wednesday’s 1-0 defeat Cesc Fabregas was the first to come close utes from time. Villarreal 33 15 7 11 52 38 52 Getafe 32 8 7 17 29 49 31 to Atletico with a makeshift back four made as his low volley was turned behind before Karnezis was forced into one final save by Real Sociedad 33 14 9 10 56 50 51 Almeria 32 8 6 18 34 60 30 Valencia 32 11 8 13 44 45 41 Real Betis 32 5 7 20 28 64 22 up of reserve full-backs Neymar came within inches of an equaliser a Pedro Rodriguez volley in stoppage time Levante 33 10 10 13 30 41 40 Notes: Top four teams qualify for next season’s Adriano and Martino Montoya alongside with a low drive that flew across goal and just which he held with consumate ease to dent Espanyol 32 11 7 14 35 40 40 Champions League; fifth to seventh place teams natural holding midfielders Javier past the far post. Barca’s title challenge and take Granada six Malaga 32 10 8 14 35 40 38 qualify for Europa League; bottom three teams rele- Mascherano and Sergio Busquets. Karnezis then made two great saves in as points clear of the relegation zone. — AFP Celta Vigo 33 10 7 16 36 49 37 gated. — AFP Moving Wembley tribute Arsenal in for Hillsborough dead LONDON: Wembley was at the Blackburn, Wednesday replaced 96 FA Cup final forefront of English football’s trib- blue seats with white seats bearing utes to mark the 25th anniversary red roses at the end of the stadium of the Hillsborough disaster yester- where the Liverpool fans died. LONDON: Lukasz Fabianski saved two when they last won a trophy, and helped day as grounds across the country Liverpool will face Manchester penalties as Arsenal beat holders Wigan ease the pain of being knocked out of fell silent in memory of the dead.. City at Anfield today, when anoth- Athletic 4-2 in a shootout at Wembley the Premier League’s top four by Everton The tragedy, which took place er silence will be held. Sheffield yesterday to reach their first FA Cup final earlier in the day. on April 15, 1989, saw 96 Liverpool Wednesday coach Stuart Gray for nine years. They will play the winners of today’s fans die as a result of a crush at the praised everyone involved in the Having stunned Manchester City in second semi-final between Hull City and Leppings Lane end of Sheffield tribute which took place in his last season’s final, before being relegated third-tier Sheffield United. Uwe Rosler’s Wednesday’s Hillsborough ground, team’s 3-3 draw with Blackburn in from the Premier League, Wigan looked Wigan, meanwhile, must turn their atten- where the Merseyside club were a game played in front of 22,792 set for another famous Wembley day tions back to the Championship promo- playing in a FA Cup semi-final fans. when Jordi Gomez put them ahead with tion chase, having been thwarted in their against Nottingham Forest. “No father, no mother, or no son a 63rd-minute penalty. attempt to become only the seventh Play was halted in the sixth or daughter should lose anybody But Per Mertesacker made amends club to retain the FA Cup. “I couldn’t ask minute as fans desperately at a football game,” said Gray. “It for conceding the penalty by heading in for any more than what they’ve given LONDON: Wigan Athletic’s James Perch (left) vies with Arsenal’s Polish-born climbed over barriers in order to was just a sad, sad occasion, what an 82nd-minute equaliser and with the me,” said Rosler, whose side eliminated German striker Lukas Podolski during the English FA Cup Semi-final match. —AFP reach the safe haven of the pitch. happened 25 years ago-but I think score still 1-1 at the end of extra time, his old club Manchester City in the last This weekend, all major matches in the players played their part, the Wigan were content to mass their the right, McManaman was felled by the Fabianski took centre stage in the eight. England kicked off seven minutes fans played their apart and both ranks behind the ball, but they gradually sliding Mertesacker, and although shootout. “Arsenal are one of the top teams in later than normal, with a minute’s clubs played their part today.” began to show signs of life in attack. Fabianski correctly guessed the direction The Pole, usually a deputy to compa- the country and we did very well. I’m silence observed before kick-off. The legacy of judge Peter Gomez saw a misdirected cross skim the of Gomez’s subsequent penalty, the triot Wojciech Szczesny, saved Wigan’s absolutely proud of how they played At Wembley, where Arsenal Taylor’s 1990 report into what hap- crossbar, the livewire Callum Spaniard’s shot eluded him. first two attempts, from Gary Caldwell and what they put in.” were playing Wigan in a FA Cup pened at Hillsborough was the McManaman fired narrowly over, and To compound matters for Arsenal, and Jack Collison, before Santi Cazorla Boosted by the return to fitness of semi-final, 96 seats were set aside abolition of standing terraces at Marc-Antoine Fortune forced Fabianski Nacho Monreal had to go off after collid- dispatched the decisive spot-kick to Aaron Ramsey, who made his first start and each had a Liverpool scarf laid major England grounds and the into a near-post save. ing with McManaman in the build-up to send Arsenal through. “I’m relieved, since December, Arsenal attacked the upon it. creation of all-seater stadia. It was Arsenal who finished the half the penalty, with Kieran Gibbs coming because we were under big pressure, but game with purpose on a mild, sunny Both captains laid wreaths in However, a new inquest into the on top, however, with Sanogo cantering on. Olivier Giroud entered the fray in I expected a difficult game and I was not afternoon at the national stadium. the technical area before kick-off deaths of the Hillsborough 96 onto a pass from Lukas Podolski, only for place of Podolski soon after. disappointed,” said Arsenal manager Wigan goalkeeper Scott Carson and players and match officials started in Warrington, east of his heavy touch to allow Carson to make Arsenal piled forward, Sagna hitting Arsene Wenger. smartly repelled a Yaya Sanogo header wore black armbands as a mark of Liverpool, on April 1 after the origi- a save. Wenger’s side continued to the post with a header and Carson sav- “We needed to show some character, and then rushed out to thwart Alex respect while a number of the fam- nal coroner’s verdicts were monopolise possession early in the sec- ing brilliantly from Gibbs, before and some resilience, and as well some Oxlade-Chamberlain, while Bacary ilies of the 96 were in attendance. quashed by the High Court in ond period, but with just under half an Mertesacker atoned for his earlier error nerves, and we did it in a very united and Sagna blazed wide from a tight angle At Hillsborough, for their December 2012 amid claims of a hour remaining, Wigan went ahead. by steaming in to head home a cross- resilient way.” Victory took Wenger’s team after Thomas Vermaelen nodded a cor- Championship match against police cover-up. — AFP into their first FA Cup final since 2005, ner down. After a weaving run into the box from shot from Oxlade-Chamberlain. — AFP Future Algeria president faces looming oil woes

Page 22 Business G20 gives US year-end deadline for IMF reforms SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 Page 23 New Infiniti Q50 introduced Doubts over urgency to amend CMA Law to Kuwait Page 25 Page 26

WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (center) speaks with Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (right) and Governor of the Banque de France Christian Noyer (left) during the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) at World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington yesterday. — AP Boubyan announces KD5.7 million profit for Q1 Rise in profits makes us more optimistic about future: Al-Majed

KUWAIT: Boubyan Bank announced a net tion among banks is no longer limited to the Al-Majed indicated that Boubyan Bank will March 2013; growing by 19 percent, in addi- profit of KD 5.7 million for the first quarter of type of products or services provided, but start focusing on external markets noting “We tion to the continuous growth in the Bank’s 2014, a growth of 84 percent compared to also in service level and the way of providing will not necessarily start overseas expansion customer base. the same period in 2013, with earnings per it to customers, and therefore, the human fac- now, but we will identify and assess many share of 2.9 fils compared to 1.58 fils in 2013. tor has become the key pillar and determi- external opportunities to seize the best Boubyan plans Adel Abdul-Wahab Al-Majed, Vice- nant in competition.” among them.” Al-Majed noted that the Bank realized the Chairman & CEO of Boubyan Bank said: “The Al-Majed emphasized that the Bank has It is noteworthy that Boubyan Bank has above achievements by expanding the busi- increase in profits during the first quarter by been focusing on human resources and has raised its shareholding in Bank Muamalat ness base and focusing more on core banking 84 percent represents a good start for this significantly invested in them. He mentioned (one of the biggest Islamic banks in activities including products, services and year, and makes us more optimistic that 2014 that the key differentiator for continued Indonesia) due to the increasing growth in finance solutions catering to both retail and will be an excellent year that will reap bene- excellence in a bank is customer service level the Islamic financial services market there. corporate needs. fits to shareholders, customers and staff. rather than products since any bank can offer “The Bank’s “Strategy of Returning to Core “It is fortunate that 2014 is the fifth year of a new product and by the passage of time Positive indicators Banking Business” (2010-2014) focused on our Five-Year Strategy initiated in 2010, and other banks will follow it by offering similar On the other side, Al-Majed highlighted a expansion in the local market through retail this year we will celebrate with our sharehold- products and services. number of key positive indicators for the and corporate services and products. ers, customers and staff the 10th Anniversary Regarding the Bank’s new strategy, Al- Bank emphasizing that the most significant Regarding services, efforts were focused on of Boubyan Bank which started actual opera- Majed said that many of our shareholders, cus- achievements are the growth of total assets two sides; the first is increasing the number of tion on November 28, 2004,” added Al-Majed. tomers and even staff ask about our new strat- to KD 2.3 billion by the end of the first quarter local branches or relocation of the same so as Commenting on the Five-Year Strategy, Al- egy at the end of the term of the current one of 2014, a year on year growth of 18 percent, to be closer to customers; whereas the sec- Majed said: “You all remember the important initiated four years ago. In this respect, I would the increase in operating income to KD 18.2 ond was through offering brand new, innova- decision we took to clean up the balance like to stress that we will continue to follow the million during the first quarter of this year tive products and services,” Al-Majed added. sheet upon assuming the management same strategy, especially when the previous compared to KD 15 million for previous year; About the Bank’s branches, Al-Majed said duties. Despite financial losses thereof, this years proved that we are realizing our objec- growing by 22 percent, and the increase in that the number of branches reached 26, gave us more flexibility and ability to move tives in a positive way and are moving on the customers’ deposits to KD 1.7 billion; growing indicating that the target of 30 branches by Adel Abdul-Wahab Al-Majed ahead in the last four years and realize high right track. However, this will not prevent us by 17 percent year on year. the end of this year has become more closer, winning two awards: the first is “Rising Star in growth rates on the level of both operating from making some changes thereto based on In addition, the Bank’s total equity and may even be exceeded. Islamic Finance in Kuwait” from Euromoney, and net profits.” the experience we gained from implementa- increased to KD 272 million compared to KD and the second is “Best Islamic Bank in Kuwait “Since the first day of assuming manage- tion in order to overcome any negative aspects 257 million, and financing portfolio increased Two awards in Q1 for Customer Service” from Service Hero for ment duties, we believed that the competi- and focus on the positive ones. to KD 1.6 billion compared to KD 1.3 billion in Boubyan Bank started the year 2014 with the fourth year in a row.

Risk of ‘gas war’ grows as Ukraine halts payments World finance chiefs fall KIEV: Ukraine said yesterday it was suspending pay- saying in an interview with Ukraine’s Zerkalo Nedely throw of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich after short on growth plan ments to Russia for deliveries of gas, ratcheting up the newspaper. he rejected closer ties to the EU, has brought Russia’s tension in a standoff that has the potential to leave In fact, Ukraine has de facto stopped payments relations with the West to their most fraught state WASHINGTON: Leading economic promise to boost collective growth European Union states cut off from the Russian gas sup- already because it failed to make an instalment of over since the end of the Cold War in 1991. In Slaviansk, policymakers meeting in by two percentage points, but plies on which they depend. In eastern Ukraine, where $500 million due earlier this month to Russian state masked men armed with pistols and rifles stood guard Washington voiced worry that the there was disagreement on how to groups of pro-Russian activists have been emboldened gas giant Gazprom. But the decision to formally sus- near the police station as hundreds of locals gathered Ukraine crisis could hurt the world do so. by the Kremlin’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, a pend payments shows there is no sign of a compro- around, some building barricades with car tyres, economy, but fell short of taking Hockey said individual mem- band of armed men in mismatched camouflage outfits mise with Moscow, and may push the two sides closer according to a Reuters photographer on the scene. concrete action to strengthen bers’ plans for contributing to that seized a police station in the town of Slaviansk. to a repeat of past “gas wars”, when Ukraine’s gas was They were wearing orange and black ribbons, a growth amid signs of discord. goal, offered after they met in Russia and Ukraine have been locked in confronta- cut off, with a knock-on effect on supplies to EU states. symbol of the Soviet victory in World War II that has Meeting on the sidelines of the Australia in February, fell short of tion since protests in Kiev forced the Moscow-backed Kiev and Brussels have been scrambling to blunt the been adopted by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. IMF/World Bank spring meetings, what is needed. “The comprehen- president from office, and the Kremlin sent troops into impact of any decision by Moscow to cut off gas to Slaviansk is in the Donetsk region about 150 km (90 G20 finance ministers and central sive growth strategies that were Crimea. Now, the gas dispute threatens to spread the Ukraine. miles) from the Russia-Ukraine border. Pro-Russian bank chiefs pledged to follow up submitted by countries following impact across Europe. A large proportion of the natural In particular, they are working out ways to keep groups have also occupied public buildings in the on reforms and support a $27 bil- the meeting in Sydney were clearly gas which EU states buy from Russia is pumped via supplies flowing to EU states, and for those countries cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, and are demanding lion rescue program for Ukraine, inadequate,” he told reporters. Ukrainian territory, so if Russia makes good on a threat to then pump the gas to Ukraine by reversing the flow autonomy from Kiev. even as Russia continues to men- “Some countries put forward to cut off Ukraine for non-payment of its bills, customers in their pipelines. Officials in Kiev’s Western-leaning interim govern- ace its neighbor. proposals that re-heated initiatives further west will have supplies disrupted. Moscow says it does not want to turn off Ukraine’s ment say Russian forces may be preparing to cross the But there was little firm action from previous occasions, or were Andriy Kobolev, chief executive of Ukraine’s state-run gas if it can be avoided, and that it will honor all com- frontier into Ukraine on the pretext of protecting the on how to stimulate world growth already announced.” When the G20 energy company Naftogaz, said the increased price mitments to supply its EU customers. Gazprom could pro-Russian activists from persecution, though Moscow further, prompting Australia’s made the commitment to enhance Russia was demanding for its gas was unjustified and not immediately be reached for comment yesterday. denies this. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov Treasurer Joe Hockey, whose coun- growth, he added, “we really meant unacceptable. said police would deal very firmly with the group in try leads the G20 this year, to label it. It wasn’t just a rhetorical figure “Accordingly, we have suspended payments for the Armed men Slaviansk. “There is a difference between protesters and the sketchy plans “clearly inade- put in the communique for publici- quate.” The G20 reiterated last year’s ty purposes. period of the price negotiations,” Kobolev was quoted as The dispute over Ukraine, precipitated by the over- terrorists,” he wrote on his Facebook page. — Reuters BUSINESS SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014

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Gulf Bank announces winners of Al-Danah daily draws

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank held its Al-Danah daily held on 26 June (KD250,000, KD125,000, KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Minister of Defence and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (right) and his wife draws on April 6, 2014, announcing the and KD25,000), 3rd Quarter - 25 September Marsilla Tengku Abdullah (second right) ‘line-up’ for check-in at the new low-cost airport at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 names of its winners for the week of March (KD500,000, KD125,000, and KD25,000) and (KLIA2) during the Operational Readiness and Transfer (ORAT) exercise in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur yesterday. —AFP 30 to April 3. The Al-Danah daily draws the final draw held on 8 January, 2015 include draws each working day for two announcing winners of KD50,000, prizes of KD1000 per winner. KD250,000 and the Al-Danah millionaire. Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah allows customers Petrobras yields documents The winners are: to win cash prizes and simultaneously (Sunday 23/03): Hatem Heremees encourages them to save money. Chances Mohammed Al-Otaibi, Hussain increase the more money is deposited and Mohammed Abdullah Atash the longer it is kept in the account. in money-laundering probe (Monday 24/03): Ali Mula Ahmad Al-Danah also offers a number of unique Abdulla Almula Ali, Battol Redha Najar services including the Al-Danah Deposit RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s Petrobras has turned over Police said they were able to execute 16 of these, lions of dollars in market value over the past five years. (Tuesday 25/03): Saqer Abdullah Yousef, Only ATM card which helps account hold- documents requested in an investigation into a $4.5 including one arrest, although a second wanted per- A growing scandal surrounding its controversial pur- Samir Mal Humad ers deposit their money at their conven- million money-laundering operation, the latest in a son eluded capture. chase of a Texas refinery, which came at a ballooned (Wednesday 26/03): Zainab Ahmad ience; as well as the Al-Danah calculator to series of problems to plague the state oil giant. Four other individuals were brought in to testify price of $1.1 billion, has bedeviled not only the Mohammed, Taiba Abdulaziz Sulaiman help customers calculate their chances of Petrobras CEO Graca Foster supplied federal police before the justice system. A former Petrobras execu- Brazilian government but also President Dilma Al-Randi becoming an Al-Danah winner. with the documents Friday. tive, Paulo Roberto Costa, was already arrested in late Rousseff, who is up for re-election later this year. The (Thursday 27/03): Hmoud Soud Hamad To be part of the Al-Danah draws, cus- “A number of documents were recovered and more March as part of the ongoing investigation, known as Brazilian opposition has urged the creation of a legisla- Al-Sbaiei, Jamal Abdulmohsen Abdullah tomers can visit one of Gulf Bank’s 58 than 70,000 reais ($31,500, 22,700 euros) was seized,” the Lava Jato Operation. Federal police did not explain tive commission to investigate the purchase. Al-Thuwene branches, transfer on line, or call the the police said, adding that further details would not what the documents taken from Petrobras were relat- Meanwhile, Brazilian lawmakers announced the Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah 2014 draw lineup Customer Contact Center on 1805805 for be released until a final report on the operation is filed. ed to. The state oil giant, however, said they concerned formation of a committee in March to investigate includes daily draws (2 winners per work- assistance and guidance. Customers can also A total of 23 search and arrest warrants were issued a contract. alleged kickbacks made to Petrobras officials by Dutch ing day each receive KD1000), as well as log on to www.e-gulfbank.com/aldanahwin- Friday, to be carried out in the Brazilian cities of Sao The investigation is only the latest in a long series firm SBM Offshore, in return for preferential treatment two additional prizes per quarter. Al- ners, to find out more about Al-Danah and Paulo, Campinas, Rio de Janeiro, Macae and Niteroi. of problems to plague Petrobras, which has lost bil- for contracts. —AFP Danah’s 2nd Quarterly draw for 2014 will be who the winners are. EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Syrian Pound 2.915 Sierra Leone 0.000069 0.000075 Nepalese Rupees 3.930 Singapore Dollar 0.222642 0.228642 South African Rand 0.021078 0.029578 ASIAN COUNTRIES Malaysian Ringgit 88.045 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.925 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001843 0.002423 Japanese Yen 2.774 Australian Dollar 264.56 265.56 Thai Bhat 9.730 Taiwan 0.009265 0.009445 Indian Rupees 4.687 Canadian Dollar 262.50 263.50 Turkish Lira 134.510 Thai Baht 0.008386 0.008936 Pakistani Rupees 2.923 Swiss Franc 324.01 322.01 Srilankan Rupees 2.155 Euro 392.51 393.51 Nepali Rupees 2.930 Arab US Dollar 281.55 284.55 Singapore Dollar 227.760 Bahraini Dinar 0.741457 0.749157 Sterling Pound 475.69 478.69 Bahrain Exchange Company Hongkong Dollar 36.356 Egyptian Pound 0.036730 0.039830 Japanese Yen 2.82 2.84 Bangladesh Taka 3.625 Iranian Riyal 0.000078 0.000079 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Philippine Peso 6.369 Bangladesh Taka 3.627 3.897 Iraqi Dinar 0.000181 0.000241 Thai Baht 8.740 Indian Rupee 4.690 4.990 Europe Jordanian Dinar 0.393305 0.400805 Irani Riyal transfer 0.271 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.156 2.591 Belgian Franc 0.007324 0.008324 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Irani Riyal cash 0.273 Nepali Rupee 2.944 3.479 British Pound 0.465348 0.474348 Lebanese Pound 0.000138 0.000238 Pakistani Rupee 2.880 2.790 Czech Korune 0.006000 0.018000 Moroccan Dirhams 0.024277 0.048277 GCC COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 76.72 77.19 Danish Krone 0.048377 0.053377 Nigerian Naira 0.001190 0.001825 Saudi Riyal 75.190 Bahraini Dinar 749.37 751.44 Euro 0.386080 0.394080 Omani Riyal 0.726044 0.731724 Qatari Riyal 77.474 Egyptian Pound 39.76 40.36 Norwegian Krone 0.043527 0.048727 Qatar Riyal 0.076707 0.077920 Omani Riyal 732.460 Jordanian Dinar 400.72 406.37 Romanian Leu 0.081326 0.81326 Saudi Riyal 0.074523 0.075223 Bahraini Dinar 748.900 Omani Riyal 732.21 739.51 Slovakia 0.008052 0.018052 Syrian Pound 0.001748 0.001968 UAE Dirham 76.788 Qatari Riyal 77.75 78.30 Swedish Krona 0.039143 0.044143 Tunisian Dinar 0.174362 0.182362 Saudi Riyal 75.21 75.61 Swiss Franc 0.315498 0.325698 Turkish Lira 0.133321 0.140321 ARAB COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.133321 0.140321 UAE Dirhams 0.075755 0.076904 Egyptian Pound - Cash 39.595 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Yemeni Riyal 0.001280 0.001360 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.780 Australasia Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.316 Australian Dollar 0.256843 0.268343 Tunisian Dinar 179.410 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate New Zealand Dollar 0.238882 0.248382 Jordanian Dinar 398.180 Al Mulla Exchange US Dollar 281.900 America Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.892 Canadian Dollar 261.315 Canadian Dollar 0.251641 0.280141 Syrian Lira 2.010 Sterling Pound 473.050 US Dollars 0.277750 0.282100 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 35.768 Euro 389.975 US Dollars Mint 0.278250 0.282100 US Dollar 281.500 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Swiss Frank 319.400 Euro 390.750 US Dollar Transfer 281.850 Bahrain Dinar 750.300 Asia Pound Sterling 473.000 Euro 394.870 UAE Dirhams 76.730 Bangladesh Taka 0.003239 0.003839 Canadian Dollar 259.000 Sterling Pound 475.060 Qatari Riyals 78.310 Chinese Yuan 0.044215 0.047715 Indian Rupee 4.695 Canadian dollar 259.050 Saudi Riyals 75.445 Hong Kong Dollar 0.034254 0.037004 Egyptian Pound 39.825 Turkish lira 133.510 Jordanian Dinar 397.280 Indian Rupee 0.004522 0.004923 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.155 Egyptian Pound 40.360 Swiss Franc 325.840 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000020 0.000026 Bangladesh Taka 3.625 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.156 Australian Dollar 267.190 Japanese Yen 0.002695 0.002875 Philippines Peso 6.288 US Dollar Buying 282.400 Indian Rupees 4.697 Kenyan Shilling 0.003338 0.003338 Pakistani Rupees 2.883 Pakistan Rupee 2.878 Korean Won 0.000262 0.000277 Bahraini Dinar 749.800 GOLD Bangladesh Taka 3.624 Malaysian Ringgit 0.083043 0.089043 UAE Dirham 76.675 20 Gram 240.000 Philippines Pesso 6.283 Nepalese Rupee 0.002998 0.003168 Saudi Riyal 75.200 10 Gram 121.000 Cyprus pound 692.400 Pakistan Rupee 0.002638 0.002818 *Rates are subject to change 5 Gram 62.500 Japanese Yen 3.760 Philippine Peso 0.006365 0.006645 SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 BUSINESS

Russian billionaire trader says US sanctions a badge of honor

MOSCOW: Gennady Timchenko, the bil- culties... They are frightened,” he said, investments in Gunvor and may have the Kremlin is encouraging away from Europe is sort of pushing us away from it lionaire Russian gas trader hit with US according to a pre-transmission tran- access to Gunvor’s funds. Both the com- links with the West. Russian officials say and this has been going on already for sanctions over his alleged ties with the script provided to news organizations. “In pany and the Kremlin strenuously denied that if Europe does not treat them with several years,” Timchenko said in the Kremlin following Russia’s annexation of general it is not all that serious because those allegations. the respect they are due, the country will interview. “Therefore it seems to me Crimea, said being singled out by we anticipated this might happen and so Hours after the US sanctions were instead sell its oil and gas to the that this development (shipping more Washington was a badge of honor. But in a certain sense took care in advance of announced, Gunvor said Timchenko had resource-hungry Chinese market instead, gas to Asia) will show the Europeans Timchenko, who sold his stake in oil trad- our assets” by shifting them into Russian sold his nearly 50 percent stake in the and that European countries will lose out that, first of all, we have the capability ing firm Gunvor last month, acknowl- bank accounts, Timchenko said. company. The firm said the sale was as a result. to do this, and secondly, that there is a edged that the sanctions were slightly His remarks were in line with the defi- completed before the sanctions were The interview, for the Russian news market with a lot of potential develop- inconveniencing his business interests ant mood Russian officials and business unveiled. Gunvor started out selling show Vesti yesterday with Sergei Brilyov, ing in the Asia-Pacific region.” On the because some European banks were figures have projected - at least in public small shipments of crude through the was recorded when Timchenko was on a Western response to Russia’s interven- reluctant to deal with him. - in response to the US and European Estonian port of Tallinn. It grew spectacu- visit to China. He said his company was in tion in Ukraine, Timchenko said: “In “The fact that I was included in the list Union sanctions. larly, at one point becoming the biggest talks with Chinese partners about selling Europe, unfortunately, they have a poor (of people subject to US sanctions) was a He was the most high-profile business exporter of Russian oil through contracts gas in exchange for yuan, displacing the grasp of the situation. When they get little surprising maybe, but it was quite figure included on the US sanctions list with state majors such as Rosneft. euros and dollars traditionally used for involved in some kind of international an honor for me,” he said in an interview drawn up in response to Russia’s seizure such transactions. affair, they don’t really understand what with the state-run Rossiya television sta- of Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula after its Tilting eastward Novatek has a 60 percent stake in a it is, and what sort of consequences tion to be broadcast later yesterday. pro-Russian president was ousted by a Timchenko, who is also co-owner of $27 billion project to produce gas in could follow.” “It seems to me they (the “Some (problems) arise because some protest movement seeking closer ties Russia’s No 2 gas producer Novatek, sig- Russia’s Arctic Yamal region, primarily for Europeans) just don’t understand. The banks, realizing who they are dealing with the West. The US Treasury said that nalled he would be pursuing more busi- shipping to Asian customers. politicians are behaving ... in a very with, are starting to create certain diffi- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ness opportunities in Asia - part of a shift “It is very important to say that short-sighted way.” —Reuters G20 gives US year-end deadline for IMF reforms Brazil wanted tougher stance over US reform delays

WASHINGTON: Finance chiefs from around the globe gave the United States until year-end to ratify long-delayed reforms to the International Monetary Fund and threatened to move for- ward without it if it fails to do so. The inability to proceed with giving emerg- ing markets a more powerful voice at the IMF and shoring up the lender’s resources appeared the most contentious issue for officials from the Group of 20 leading economies and the repre- sentatives for all IMF member nations who met with them. In a final communique, G20 finance ministers and central bankers said they were “deeply dis- WASHINGTON: Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan (left) speaks with Great appointed” with the delay. Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, during the International “I take this opportunity to urge the United Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting, yesterday at World Bank Group- States to implement these reforms as a matter International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington. —AP of urgency,” Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey told reporters on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank spring meetings. The reforms would dou- UK investors: Banks must ble the Fund’s resources and hand more IMF voting power to countries like the so-called stick to lock-up deals BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. LONDON: British investors have called given period.” The ABI does not have a reg- The US Congress has refused to sign off on upon investment banks to stick closer to ulator’s powers to set rules but its views are the overhaul, which was agreed to in 2010, and lock-up agreements on sales of company important because of the buying power of the failure overshadowed even the crisis in shares after a major transaction, saying it its members who represent much of the UK Ukraine and the spillover effects of ultra easy would ensure more stable markets. The mutual funds market, managing nearly $3 monetary policies in advanced economies in WASHINGTON: US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (left) and Swiss Federal Council member Association of British Insurers (ABI) - whose trillion of assets. the discussions. Some Republicans have com- Eveline Widmer-Schlumph (right) talk as they attend the 2014 Spring Meeting of the members manage assets worth a quarter of Some investors were angered in 2013 plained the changes would cost too much at a International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group yesterday in Washington, DC. —AFP the UK economy - has released a set of ‘best when Lloyds Banking Group, in transac- time Washington was running big budget practice’ guidelines demanding bankers are tions run by bookrunner Bank of America deficits. The reforms also ran afoul of a growing Anton Siluanov said developing nations may Russia, a G20 member, was not specifically clearer about how much time will pass Merrill Lynch, sold two tranches of shares in isolationist trend among the party’s influential demand changes to the IMF’s emergency bor- mentioned in the communique. The G20 source before they launch further placing of wealth manager St James Place in quick Tea Party wing. rowing mechanism if the United States does not said there were no discussions of sanctions on shares. succession. The second sale came just over If Washington does not ratify the reforms this approve the overhaul. Still, giving the the country, which has already been hit with The call comes as frustration mounts 10 weeks after the first, even though Lloyds year, the G20 advanced and emerging Americans until year-end puts the deadline U.S. and European Union sanctions. among investors over an increasingly com- had said it would not reduce its stake fur- economies said they would ask the IMF to beyond US midterm elections in November, and German Finance Minister Wolfgang mon disregard for lock-ups designed to ther for at least a year. develop possible next steps. A source said Brazil some officials said the US Congress would find it Schaeuble said top finance officials from the prevent a selling shareholder, such as a pri- The ABI wants lock-up agreements to had pushed for a harder line. It wanted to easier acting then. Group of Seven developed nations, who met on vate equity group, destabilizing the market. specify an initial “hard” lock-up that cannot require the Fund to begin work now to deter- US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said the Thursday, were resolved to work together to The lock-ups are meant to reassure be waived after which the terms become mine options to be implemented if the United Obama administration would do its best to defuse the crisis, and that Russia must be a part investors buying into a share sale that the more flexible. States failed to act, a notion that was floated in push IMF quota reforms through the US of the solution. “We were all agreed that we seller will not dump more of their stake on “You don’t want to necessarily set a cliff an early draft of the communique. Congress this year. “We will keep taking steps to must solve this problem together,” he told the market shortly afterwards, driving edge in the market because otherwise you “The end of the year for me is the final limit,” get this done,” he said at a news conference. reporters, adding that Russia must be part of down the share price. get funny things happening around that Guido Mantega, the Brazilian finance minister, The G20, which is careful to focus on eco- the solution. “We don’t want to make this diffi- “It comes down to no more than we cliff edge. Some discretion is fine. But if you said later through a translator. “Four years wait- nomics and not politics, said it was monitoring cult for Russia,” he said. think it is important that lock-up agree- are going to have 180 days, the first 150 ing for me is just too much.” the crisis in Ukraine for any risks to economic Hockey said he expected Russia would ments frankly do what they say on the tin,” days should be hard and then you can and financial stability. Ukraine’s economy was attend G20 leaders summit in November. Robert Hingley, Director of Investment waive in the last 30,” Hingley said. He said US lections loom thrown into chaos after popular protests in Kiev The G20 communique did not explicitly Affairs at the ABI, told Reuters on Friday. the ABI had made investment banks aware There are a handful of ad hoc measures offi- ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovich, mention monetary policy, and it dropped a ref- “This is important because (lock-ups) are of its demands and received mixed cials can take to achieve at least some of the and Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimea and annexed erence from the group’s February statement designed to regulate the balance between responses. “We have been in touch with a governance overhaul for the global lender with- it, causing the worst standoff between Moscow that stressed central banks should be careful in supply and demand and send a signal to number of investment banks for a while, out formal US approval. But Singaporean and the West since the Cold War. Despite the withdrawing stimulus. the market that if you buy shares now there Some are sympathetic. Some are less so,” he Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, simmering international standoff, Australia’s Nevertheless, the nations pledged to provide won’t be a further increase in supply for a said.—Reuters who is head of the IMF’s policy committee, said Hockey said there were “no tensions at all” on “clear and timely communication” of their it was too early to talk about alternatives. “We the issue and “goodwill” in the G20 meeting actions, with an eye on the global fallout as have every reason to think the 2010 reforms will room. policies are “recalibrated.” The gradual with- be passed by the U.S.,” he said, adding that a “There was just recognition in the general drawal of the US Federal Reserve’s aggressive Investors ask if stock failure to pass them would affect the Fund’s discussion about geopolitical risks around the monetary accommodation has rocked the cur- credibility and effectiveness because, for now, it globe; there wasn’t a specific discussion of rencies of emerging economies like India and was relying on borrowed resources. Ukraine,” said Hockey, who coordinated the Argentina, as investors en masse have sought drop is just the start Earlier on Friday, Russian Finance Minister meetings under Australia’s G20 presidency. out higher-yielding markets.— Reuters

NEW YORK: Is the selling over or has it played a role in the performance of just begun? That’s the question many companies during the first three investors are asking after the biggest months of the year, but they still want For Ukraine’s eastern rust weekly drop in the Standard and Poor’s to hear whether demand for products 500 index since January. The stock mar- and services is improving, Krosby said. ket hasn’t had a correction, or fall of 10 “The market is going to try to assess: Is percent from recent highs, since 2011. It the economy still losing momentum or belt, it’s Russia or bust is inching close to one, at least in tech- gaining the traction we need to support nology stocks. Investors drove the stock valuations?” she said. DONETSK, Ukraine: Pro-Russians orbit is stoked by a real and visceral in Europe,” said Liliya, a 27-year-old collapsed and Ukraine won inde- market lower for two straight days at On Friday, the Nasdaq dropped 54.37 cheer and clap as miners in hard hats fear for their future. From the coal housewife. “Our products are not pendence in 1991. Many factories the end of the week. Big drops in once- points, or 1.3 percent, to 3,999.73. It was march into the heavily fortified zone and steelmaking industries of competitive, half our citizens will lose were shut and jobs lost as the region soaring tech stocks sent the Nasdaq down 3.1 percent for the week. The around the occupied state building in Donetsk to factories in Kharkiv their jobs.” Jobs lost, factories and struggled to adapt to a capitalist sys- below 4,000, and the index has fallen Dow Jones industrial average fell 143.47 Donetsk: here they are heroes, the pumping out military tanks and tur- mines closed and industries swal- tem. Two decades on, the outlook in for three weeks in a row. points, or 0.89 percent, to 16,026.75 on soul of an economically depressed bines, the industrial heartland of lowed up by “German businessmen”- the economically depressed region, “The market has been trying to come Friday. coal region fighting for survival. As eastern Ukraine has always relied on these are the fears on everyone’s lips bled dry by corruption and blinded back, but each time the selling just The S&P 500 fell 17.39 points, or 0.95 the protesters rally in support of sep- one main client: Russia. at the barricades of tyres and barbed by the wealth of a handful of oli- picks up,” said Quincy Krosby, a market percent, to 1,815.69. Some analysts say aratists holed up inside the building, “In our region we have a lot of wire surrounding the “Donetsk garchs, feels bleak. strategist at Prudential. “The buyers are a correction in indexes would be virulent anger against the new pro- machine-building plants. Russia buys People’s Republic”, declared inde- “Life was better in the USSR, there just not stepping in.” The first-quarter healthy for the market, giving it a stur- Western government in Kiev and our products. Our factories will be pendent by a handful of separatists was equality, there was free educa- their plans to shift out of Russia’s closed because... nobody will need it willing to go to extremes to protect tion and medicine. Now there is cor- earnings season has just started, but dier base on which to rally. their ties with Russia. Katerina, 50, a ruption everywhere,” said Katerina. investors seem in little mood to wait for The Nasdaq is already well on its kindergarten teacher, thinks closer The trade wars with Russia that have results. Financial analysts expect earn- way. It is now 8 percent below its recent ties to the European Union will be erupted since Kiev turned toward the ings for companies in the S&P 500 to high in March. The S&P 500 is 4 percent “very, very bad” for eastern Ukraine. EU following protests that ousted a drop 1.6 percent from a year earlier, off its recent high on April 2. Among She is most worried about her Kremlin-friendly government have according to FactSet, a financial data tech stocks making big moves Friday, kitchen garden, which allows her to only heightened fears in the region provider. At the start of the year, they Netflix fell 2.4 percent, Amazon, 1.7 per- earn money on the side selling flow- which borders Russia. expected a jump of 4.3 percent. cent and Google’s new Class C shares, ers and vegetables. “I saw on the Russian President Vladimir Putin If profits do fall, it would be only the 1.9 percent. Internet and TV that it is forbidden to this week threatened to cut off gas second quarterly drop in three years. JPMorgan Chase fell $2.10, or 3.7 do this in Europe. Our goods will not supplies to a heavily-indebted “Earnings are going to come in on the percent, to $55.30 on Friday. The be competitive,” she said. Ukraine, and Moscow has threatened sloppy side,” said Peter Cardillo, chief nation’s biggest bank by assets said its Like the majority of the crowd, she to cut off imports from Ukraine. market economist at Rockwell Global earnings slid 20 percent in the first aches with nostalgia for the days In January Ukraine exports to Capital. “The market needs to correct.” quarter as revenue from bond trading when this part of Ukraine was the Russia totalled $746 million, and Krosby said the market will be focused and mortgage lending declined. industrial pride of the Soviet Union, a imports $1.46 billion, according to on the swath of corporate earnings due “They’re just struggling to grow, and sentiment strummed daily by old government statistics. “Our country out next week, such as those for then they didn’t have the strength out Soviet songs played to the crowd, has no serious dependence on goods General Electric, Intel and several finan- of the investment bank to help offset and constant references to the glo- from Ukraine. If any restrictive meas- cial companies. Investors will also close- that,” said Shannon Stemm, financial ries of World War II. ures are taken by the Ukrainian side, ly follow a speech by Federal Reserve services analyst for Edward Jones. “All our companies will be able to fully Chair Janet Yellen. around, it’s just a lackluster quarter for An armed pro-Russian activist guards a check-point on the Kharkiv- ‘Corruption everywhere’ replace their goods,” said Russian Investors understand bad weather them.” — AP Donetsk road near the entrance to the eastern Ukrainian city of The eastern industrial power- Trade and Industry Minister Denis Slavyansk yesterday.—AFP house was hard hit when the USSR Manturov.—AFP SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 BUSINESS

Blue-chips drive Kuwait stocks higher

BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week in the green zone. The Price Index closed at 7,573.84 points, up by 0.02 percent from the week before closing, the Weighted Index increased by 0.84 percent after closing at 498.84 points, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at 1,223.66 points up by 0.78 percent. Furthermore, last week’s average daily turnover decreased by 4.35 percent, com- pared to the preceding week, reaching KD 32.39 million, whereas trading volume aver- age was 194.90 million shares, recording decrease of 9.39 percent. Kuwait Stock Exchange indices closed the weekly trade in the green zone in light of the purchasing and collection operations execut- ed on the leading and blue-chip stocks. This performance came amid a quiet and relative- ly stable performance in comparison with the previous weeks, as it is the current general state that is controlling the traders, until a clear picture appears on the proposed amendments to the Capital Markets Authority law, in addition to their wait for the first quarter financial results of the listed the least growing sector as its index closed at Estate sector the least declining sector as its senting 46.01 percent of the total market 60.24 million or 37.20 percent of last week’s companies, which is expected to be disclosed 1,178.82 points with a 0.03 percent increase. index closed at 1,345.60 points with a 0.23 trading volume. The Real Estate sector was total market trading value. The Financial within the next few weeks. On the other hand, the Healthcare sector percent decrease. second in terms of trading volume as the sec- Services sector took the second place as the On the other hand, the stock market wit- headed the losers list as its index down by tor’s traded shares were 19.83 percent of last sector’s last week turnover was KD 42.39 mil- nessed strong profit collection operations in 3.72 percent to end the week’s activity at Sectors’ activity week’s total trading volume, with a total of lion represented 26.18 percent of the total the middle of the last week, performed on 1,077.80 points. Follow by Oil & Gas as its The Financial Services sector dominated 193.29 million shares. On the other hand, the market trading value. —Prepared by the stocks of previous gains, which formed a index down by 1.30 percent to end the total trade volume during last week with Banking sector’s stocks were the highest trad- Studies & Research Department strong pushing factor on the market indices, week’s activity at 1.189.65 points. The Real 448.40 million shares changing hands, repre- ed in terms of value; with a turnover of KD — Bayan Investment Co. that ended same sessions with losses, espe- cially the Price Index that lost all its gains as a result to such operations; however, the stock market was able to regain its up direction and its indicators were able to increase once again, supported by the return of the pur- chasing power on the leading stocks, in addi- tion to the quick speculations that were exe- cuted on the small-cap stocks also. For the annual performance, the price index ended last week recording 0.32 percent annual profit compared to its closing in 2013, while the weighted index increased by 10.15 percent, and the KSX-15 recorded 14.53 per- cent growth.

Sectors’ indices Eight of KSE’s sectors ended last week in the green zone, while the other four recorded declines. The Consumer Goods sector headed the gainers list as its index grew by 1.93 per- cent to end the week’s activity at 1,299.69 points. The Telecommunications sector was second on the gainer’s list, which index increased by 1.85 percent, closing at 885.59 points, followed by the Banking, as its index closed at 1,148.29 points at an increase of 1.65 percent. The Basic Materials sector was Nasdaq pain spreads; Stocks face earnings correction talk grows NEW YORK: The tech-rich Nasdaq ing not only stronger, but also broader.” blues after tech selloff Composite Index skidded lower for the The following day, US stocks rallied third week in a row, but this time it took the after US Federal Reserve minutes from a rest of the market down with it. The Nasdaq March policy meeting showed no support slumped 128 points (3.10 percent) to for an early rise in interest rates. Stocks WALL STREET WEEKLY OUTLOOK 3,999.73. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than one percent and S&P 500, both of which avoided major Wednesday, with the Nasdaq leading the NEW YORK: The wrenching selloff in US released on Thursday. en straight weeks was in the summer of 1998. falls the last two weeks, joined the Nasdaq charge with a 1.7 percent surge. But senti- high-growth technology and biotech shares This flurry of numbers will come during a The price-to-earnings ratio on the Nasdaq in the red. ment shifted Thursday as the Nasdaq suf- could leave investors braced for more than a four-day week. The US stock market will be biotech index is 34.4. The forward P/E ratio The Dow shed 385.96 (2.35 percent) to fered its steepest decline in two and a half minor pullback when earnings pick up speed closed for Good Friday. Volume is also likely for the S&P 500 is 14.9, Thomson Reuters 16,026.75, while the broad-based S&P 500 years as another wave of anxiety about next week. First-quarter earnings estimates to be lighter than usual with some partici- data showed. Data on sector exchange-trad- lost 49.40 (2.65 percent) to 1,815.69. The tech-sector overvaluation overtook the have fallen sharply as many companies have pants away for the observance of Passover, ed funds also showed a big move out of broadening of the pain in the market has market. blamed the brutal winter for weak outlooks. which will begin at sundown on Monday. tech-related areas, with science and tech deepened talk that a pullback sparked by Thursday’s drop came on the heels of With high-valuation stocks under pressure, ETFs registering outflows in the week ended the overvaluation of highflying technology March trade data from China, which earnings could be subjected to even more Blue-chips back in style April 9 after at least five straight weeks of and biotechnology names has morphed showed imports dropped 11.3 percent and investor scrutiny than usual. A move into blue chips is one trend inflows. Healthcare and biotech ETFs also into an overall market correction. exports fell 6.6 percent. FTN’s Low said the “There’s skepticism among investors emerging after the market’s slide, which showed outflows for the latest week, accord- Tech names endured an especially ugly weak China data played a factor in the about the outlook, and we’re getting into the pushed the Nasdaq on Friday to a close ing to Lipper data. close of the week. Since Wednesday’s close, late-week stock swoon. first-quarter earnings season, so you’re going below 4,000 for the first time since Feb 3. The High-growth companies, mostly in the Pandora Media sank 15 percent, biotech- “When we look over the past year, to see some positioning,” said Brian Nasdaq Composite Index is down 4.7 percent tech and biotech sectors, led 2013’s rally, nology company Celgene fell 7.1 percent, whenever there is surprisingly bad news in Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist at Wells for the month so far, while the Dow Jones leaving them with some of the market’s Amazon shed 6.1 percent and Netflix lost China, the stock market always has a very Fargo Funds Management in Menomonee industrial average is down 2.6 percent and highest valuations. “Valuations are going to 7.5 percent. But other sectors also took a bad day,” Low said. According to Low, oth- Falls, Wisconsin. Profit growth for Standard & the S&P 500 is down 3 percent. “You’ve seen start becoming relevant again, at least for a hit. JPMorgan Chase, weakened by a disap- er less-discussed factors behind the mar- Poor’s 500 companies now is expected to small caps dominate,” Jacobsen said, refer- while,” said Uri Landesman, president of pointing earnings report Friday, lost 6.7 ket’s retreat include a rise in health care have increased just 0.9 percent in the first ring to some of Wall Street’s one-time dar- Platinum Partners in New York. percent over the 48-hour stretch. Macy’s costs due to the new health care law and quarter from a year ago, down from a Jan 1 lings. “We’re going to begin to see large caps slid 3.3 percent and Visa shed 5.3 percent. the need of many investors to sell stocks in forecast for 6.5 percent growth, Thomson dominate now as people shift more from Tuning into the Fed “In previous weeks, it didn’t really go order to pay higher capital gains taxes fol- Reuters data showed. In the coming week, 54 these high-beta plays to quality.” Part of what’s behind the big momentum into the broader market,” Wunderlich lowing the stock market’s surge in 2013. S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report Despite the selloff, data so far showed selloff may be nervousness surrounding the Securities chief market strategist Art Many market watchers believe a correc- first-quarter earnings. In comparison, 29 that investors are still pouring money into Federal Reserve’s December decision to scale Hogan said of the declines. “When the tion is neither surprising nor worrisome companies in the S&P 500 had reported stocks. Investors in US-based funds put $8.9 back its economic stimulus, or quantitative trend broadens to the overall market, I given how far stocks have risen since the results through Friday. billion into stock funds in the week ended easing. tend to be worried that it becomes self-ful- financial crisis. The S&P 500 rose nearly 30 Earnings are due next week from such April 9, the biggest net inflows in four weeks. That’s why all eyes will be on Fed Chair filling.” percent in 2013. Scott Wren, senior equity high-profile names as General Electric, At the same time, funds that mostly hold US Janet Yellen when she speaks on Wednesday Chris Low, chief economist at FTN strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors, is urging Johnson & Johnson, Goldman Sachs, Google Treasuries reported outflows for the first to the Economic Club of New York. “We’ve Financial, agreed that investor psychology clients to take the dip as a buying opportu- and IBM. Wall Street will get more readings time in four weeks, according to data from had basically five years of a market that’s has deteriorated. “People are always talk- nity. His firm projects the S&P 500 will on the US economy in the coming week, Thomson Reuters’ Lipper service on been nannied by the Federal Reserve,” which ing about a correction being necessary,” close the year in the 1,975-2,025 range. with retail sales on Monday, the Consumer Thursday. has driven up market valuations, said Quincy Low said. “But once the correction is under “I think there is probably a little more Price Index on Tuesday, US housing starts Yet biotechs have been slammed. The Krosby, market strategist at Prudential way, panic tends to set in. We seen to be at downside” to stocks in the near-term, Wren and industrial output on Wednesday and the Nasdaq biotechnology index has fallen for the Financial, based in Newark, New Jersey. “Now that panic point.” Stocks had a muted reac- said. “I don’t think there’s a lot.” “For me, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s busi- seventh straight week. The biotech index is as we get closer and closer to the end of QE, I tion to Tuesday’s outlook from the pullbacks are an opportunity.” Next week’s ness activity index on Thursday. The latest down about 21 percent from its record clos- think traders and hedge funds are being very International Monetary Fund, which agenda includes releases on March retail weekly initial jobless claims will also be ing high on Feb. 25. The last time it fell for sev- careful and selective.” — Reuters trimmed its forecast for global growth, but sales and housing starts, as well as publica- also alluded to a recovery that “is becom- tion of the Fed’s Beige Book. — AP SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 BUSINESS Doubts over urgency to amend CMA Law

Al-Shall Weekly Economic Report KUWAIT: We call for slowing down the process KD 334.097 million, resulting a net trading, als, which gives positive indications towards reached KD 84.135 million. cent between December 2012 and March 2013. of amendment to the Capital Markets Authority more purchasing, at KD 129.445 million. more liquidity in the big corporations and com- GCC investors’ share out of total purchased Number of active trading accounts in the end of (CMA) Law out of three justifications. The first is The third contributor to market liquidity is panies, yet, it is still early to reach a reliable con- shares scored 4.1 percent (1.7 percent for the March 2014 scored 88,213 or 26.9 percent of the unsuccessful experience with the establish- the clients’ accounts (portfolios) which captured clusion. same period 2013), or KD 76.760 million, while total accounts. ment of the CMA; the second is the untrue rea- 19.1 percent of total sold shares (17.1 percent KSE still continues to be a domestic stock value of their sold shares scored 2.7 percent (2.1 sons provided to justify the urgency in the for the same period 2013) and 15.1 percent of exchange; Kuwaiti traders formed the biggest percent for the same period 2013), worth KD KSE liquidity features amendment; and the third justification is the total value of purchased shares (16.2 percent for trading group and sold shares worth KD 1.677 50.707 million. Their net trading, buying, Market liquidity during the first quarter 2014 tense and unhealthy environment that will host the same period 2013). The sector sold shares at billion, acquiring 90.1 percent of total sold reached KD 26.052 million. achieved a daily trading average value by KD the proposed amendment. This does not mean, KD 355.991 million and purchased shares at KD shares, (91.9 percent for the same period 2013), Relative distribution among nationalities 32.3 million, an increase by 13.9 percent over from our point of view, that the law does not 280.699 million, resulting a net trading, selling and purchased shares worth KD 1.567 billion has been changed (87.2 percent for Kuwaitis, 9.4 the average daily trading value in the fourth need review and amendment, but what is sub- at KD 75.292 million. capturing 84.2 percent of total value of pur- percent for other nationalities, and 3.4 percent quarter of 2013. The market added liquidity by mitted on urgent basis will only lead to more The last contributor to market liquidity is the chased shares (91.9 percent for the same period for GCC traders), vis-a-vis (91.9 percent, 6.2 per- KD 619.5 million during March 2014 making the recurrent errors and therefore we should have investment funds sector which captured 9.1 2013). The net trading, more selling, reached KD cent and 1.9 percent) for the first quarter 2013. market liquidity in the first quarter at KD 1.872 professional amendments that take their time in percent of total value of purchased shares (6.3 110.187 million. This means Kuwait stock exchange remained billion. The price index gained in March about discussion. percent for the same period 2013) and 7.9 per- Other investors’ share, out of total pur- domestic with more trading by investors from 0.3 percent compared with the closing of Kuwait was late in its project to separate cent of total value of sold shares (5 percent for chased shares, scored 11.7 percent (6.4 percent outside the GCC region than their GCC counter- December 2013. The weighted index on the supervision of the stock exchange from trading. the same period 2013). The sector purchased for the same period 2013), worth KD 216.968 parts. Besides, trading was more for individuals other hand gained 6.7 percent during the same The Minister of Commerce and Industry in his shares at KD 169.986 million and sold shares at million which gives another positive indicator, than for corporations. And any decrease needs period. This may be an indicator to the begin- capacity as Chairman of the Market Committee KD 147.350 million with a net trading, buying, at while value of their sold shares scored KD to be tracked to be confirm. ning of the market’s liquidity tilting towards big tasked in October 2005 a team to formulate a KD 22.636 million. Overall, Corporations, portfo- 132.833 million, 7.1 percent of total value of Active number of accounts between corporations though there is still continued strategy and a draft law, and test its application lios, and funds captured higher contribution to sold shares, (6 percent for the same period December 2013 and March 2014 dropped by - deviation in the market liquidity towards through the CMA provided it submits its final the market liquidity at the expense of individu- 2013). Thus, their net trading, more buying, 34.1 percent compared with a rise by 7.9 per- unhealthy speculation. draft in June 2006, with the training period end- Using the same measurement tool, ie track- ing and the CMA being launched in February ing the top 30 companies in trading value, we 2007. Afterwards in February 2006, the Minister notice for the first time a noticeable drop in liq- of Commerce and Industry, in his capacity as uidity deviation despite its unjustifiable conti- the relevant minister tasked another team to nuity. Those companies captured about 69.2 do the same task, a situation that happens percent, KD1.296 billion, of market liquidity and nowhere except in Kuwait. The two teams represented about 53.7 percent of its total val- clashed with one another and the founding of ue. Number of speculating companies within the CMA was delayed for three years. the sample dropped to 20, with a declined After a long painstaking effort, the govern- share from market liquidity from 41.8 percent in ment appointed five commissioners to manage 2013 to 33.8 percent in the first quarter 2014, the new-born body. It then filed a complaint to worth KD 632.1 million. It is still a high concen- dismiss three of them-and another complaint tration rate if we consider its market value against the newly appointed stock exchange which scored 3.2 percent of the market value. director. Two more years were lost. Instability The drop in the focus on speculation com- and loss of valuable time prevented the CMA panies extended to their shares turnover rates from accumulating experience had it been born although they remained high. While the naturally and would contribute to completing turnover average for all market companies con- its technical functional body. These were main tinued weak at 5.8 percent for the first quarter reasons for the CMA’s weak performance. That is (23.2 percent on annual basis) and weak even not a bad omen, but governmental mismanage- for the 30-companies sample at 7.5 percent (30 ment. percent on annual basis), it scored 61.5 percent To justify the amendment to CMA law and for the 20 companies (246.1 percent on annual giving the parliamentary Financial Committee basis). It scored 196.6 percent for the highest two weeks only to present its report on the company, 195.7 percent for the second highest amendments with the likelihood of approving and 189 percent for the third highest. Despite the amendments in a first and second delibera- their big rise, if calculated on annual basis, they tion in the same session, it was mentioned that remain much lower than the turnover average the poor condition of the Kuwaiti Stock of this sample of companies in 2013. Exchange is a major cause for this urgency, In fact, this abatement was an ascending which is untrue. The first reason to reject that trend in February and March. In other words, conclusion is that the attention of legislators is the general trend is towards bigger drop in the focused on the secondary market, ie stock trad- liquidity deviation dose, which is a good indica- ing, both prices and liquidity, which has second- tor. However, two months is not enough to ary importance, while deepening the market derive conclusive results. The unhealthy specu- through diversification of its products and inte- lation might return any time. But if this reduc- grating it in the economy by transforming it into tion is sustained, the credit goes to CMA strin- a capital market and a financing vehicle for gent policy in chasing the bogus trading. This is development, is in absentia. Secondly, when a main first step for the recovery of the Kuwaiti talking about trading, lawmakers do not care Stock Exchange trading. It would be a catalyst in about liquidity trends. The increase in market the same direction if KSE cancels the price index liquidity in 2013 and the high prices of some and suspends even temporarily the trading of companies were a deviation and a sick condi- the one, ten and even the 100 shares, or calcu- tion when half of the liquidity went to compa- lated the likely closing prices, ie the trading val- nies whose value was less than 4 percent of the ue of any company divided by its traded stocks. market value. Indeed, there are indicators that the recent stringent measures of the CMA to Profits of listed companies in 2013 counter trading deviations finally resulted in the 182 companies out of the 194 total currently fixing the problem. February and march 2014 listed companies announced their financial trading indicates support of the liquidity and results for the year 2013 prior to the expiry of prices of heavy companies, with the weighted the legal period (end of 3/2014), with 5 compa- index rising by about 3.9 percent and the price nies being suspended from trading because index dropping by around -1.6 percent. The they either failed to submit their financial state- third was the performance of the stock ments or because their forwarded losses exchange weighted index between the end of exceeded 75 percent or more of their capital, or 2007 -before the crisis- until the end of March because they did not hold their general assem- 2014. It falls in the middle in terms of losses bly’s within the specified period. Another 7 with Dubai, Muscat and Saudi Arabia, with bet- companies did not submit due to their different ter performers in Qatar and Abu Dhabi, but with fiscal years. a worse performer in Bahrain. Therefore, it is not The average performance of the 182 compa- possible to classify the Kuwaiti stock market nies for 2013 was higher than their performance performance as exceptional in its weakness during 2012. They achieved total profits by necessitating urgent modification. about KD 1626.2 million, higher by 19.9 percent The public dispute between Kuwait than KD 1356.5 million profits for the same peri- Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the od in 2012. Although in fact the profits are high- CMA about the corporate governance code led er only by 15.4 percent if we exclude non-recur- to exploiting this dispute for deviant goals and rent profits of Ahli United Bank (Bahrain objectives. The political climate has become branch) in the amount of approximately KD 60.3 charged which would derail the amendments million. This means that the ascending trend in and transform CMA to a failing experience simi- profits is still in effect though at lower pace than lar to that of Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC), what the absolute figures show. being pressed by whoever wants it as an 126 companies recorded increase in their employment hub to relatives and loyalists, or profits, while 56 witnessed decline in their prof- even benefit from inside information. The its, and 34 companies recorded losses (51 com- Chamber with its history and weight together panies in 2012), ie the number of loosing com- with the CMA are apt to let that go and return panies had declined. Profitability indexes to the closed rooms to discuss whatever relates increased in these companies. ROE scored 6.4 to the code or the law. It is not in the interest of percent (5.4 percent in 2012); ROA scored 1.5 either to exploit an objective disagreement to percent (1.3 percent in 2012). Price multiplier to distort an important oversight authority. earning per share index (P/E) improved to 18.9 Certainly, the CMA law needs revision because it times from 21.6 times at the end of 2012 due to is an abstract compilation of 5 draft laws. the rise in profits by a higher percentage than Likewise, it is certain that some CMA practices the rise in stocks prices. are wrong, like the weak exercise of what is On the other hand, 97 out of 194 companies within its authority to reform, such as eliminat- announced intentions to distribute profits at ing the price index and single-share trading, as the end of the year (50 percent of the listed well as its weak communication skills and poor companies). Within these companies, 16 appreciation of the importance of time. announced cash dividends, 62 announced However, amendment proposals should be bonus shares dividends, and 19 companies alienated from politics or clientilism, and they announced a mixed of cash dividends and should be professional. They should be present- bonus shares. While 85 companies announced ed in a written proposal with causes derived that they are not going to distribute any divi- from the practical expertise of the 5 commis- dends. sioners and then present it for discussion. Evidently, the conditions are moving towards improvement. However, the risk level is Trading features at KSE still high as some profits come from the increase Kuwait Clearing Company issued its report in the prices of companies’ assets namely; real titled “Trading Volume According to Nationality” estates and the others come from provisions or for the period 01/01/2014 to 31/03/2014 and receivables collections. On the other hands published on KSE official website. The report these sources of profit are non-recurring. Also indicated that individuals are still the predomi- the working environment is still weak in terms nant group with positive decrease as they cap- of loans and going concerns beside the political tured 55 percent of total value of sold shares aspect thereof, both in the region or domestic. (61.2 percent for the first quarter 2013) and 50.9 percent of purchased shares value (58.7 percent Weekly performance of KSE for the same period 2013). Individual investors The performance of Kuwait Stock Exchange sold shares at KD 1.023 billion and purchased (KSE) for the last week was mixed, as the traded shares at KD 946.149 billion, a net trading, more value index, the traded volume index and the selling, at KD 76.789 million. transactions index showed a decrease, while the Corporations and companies sector wit- general index showed an increase. AlShall Index nessed a positive increase capturing 24.9 per- (value index) closed at 508.4 points at the clos- cent of total value of purchased shares (18.9 ing of last Thursday, showing an increase of percent for the same period 2013) and 18 per- about 4 points or about 0.8 percent comparing cent of total value of sold shares (16.7 percent to last week and an increase of 53.7 points or for the same period 2013). The sector purchased about 11.8 percent compared with the end of shares at KD 463.542 million and sold shares at 2013. SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 BUSINESS

Group photo of Al-Babtain representatives and Nissan Gulf Saleh Al-Babtain awards ‘Infiniti Red Bull Racing’ Team Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co introduces new Infiniti Q50 to Kuwait Empowered with astonishing communication technologies KUWAIT: In a press conference held at Infiniti showroom, Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co the sole distrib- uter of Infiniti brand in Kuwait, unveiled the Infiniti’s latest addition to its array of luxury automobiles in the Kuwait market, Infiniti Q50. The attendees from Al- Babtain Group senior management included Saleh Al-Babtain the Chief Executive Officer, Nasser Al-Babtain the Group Board Member, Mohamed Shalaby Chief Operating Officer , as well as CEO Nissan Gulf Nasser Wattar, Director of Sales and Marketing Nissan Gulf Cameron Gowing, and Sam Kabbani Nissan Gulf Sales and Marketing Senior Manager. Moreover, the conference wit- nessed a remarkable attendance by key media and press representatives in Kuwait in addition to the Infiniti Red Bull Formula1 team who were to perform Saleh Al-Babtain, the Chief Executive Mohamed Shalaby, Chief Operating Saleh Al-Babtain and the professional driver Carlos Sainz Junior in Infiniti Q50 their show in the streets of Kuwait which Officer Officer was sponsored by Al-Babtain Group. During his speech, Mohammad to use while driving. Infiniti has set up its history). Calendar and the email Inbox enhance the driving/ownership experi- layout, appearance, and content all easily Shalaby welcomed the attendees from own app store, App Garage, where Q50 are the only apps that rely on connectivi- ence, but only apps that are relevant to a changeable so each Q50 becomes media and Infiniti Redbull. As he went owners can choose from a wide variety ty with a phone - so the driver who for- person when they are in a car will be unique to its owner. further on, Shalaby expressed his delight of applications, with more becoming gets his or her phone will still always be allowed. For safety reasons it will not be Both screens respond to finger-flicks for inaugurating the new all-modern available all the time. Every aspect of the able to use all other functions. Calendar possible to load apps to play games or to zoom in or scroll through pages, while technologies equipped Infiniti Q50 system is upgradeable, so the Q50 owner is Google only, with other versions to be watch TV. In Touch(tm) boasts the very latest text- which excels more than any other vehicle will be able to benefit from the latest added later, while Inbox is preconfigured The apps are optimized to work inside to-speech and voice recognition soft- in terms of integrated means of commu- software and apps. for Gmail, Hotmail and Yellmail but will a car with the emphasis on a clear and ware ensuring highly accurate results. In nication letting its owner step into a Central to In Touch are the dual work with most other platforms (note: simple user interface, so they may dis- Touch(tm) recognizes full-sentence voice mobile smart phone once he gets into touch-screens on the centre console, not Microsoft Exchange). play differently in the car and not all commands, which are preloaded phrases his seat. Shalaby concluded his speech leading to a significant decluttering of The lower, 7-inch screen displays con- functions from the phone app may be you can read and use from the settings by wishing the attendees to enjoy the dashboard buttons. Importantly, howev- trols for the car’s ancillary systems, such available. To get started all a new Q50 or access from the steering buttons, rest of the event. er, physical buttons for basic climate con- as climate control and music, along with owner has to do is download the free negating the need to enter into a tedious All-new Infiniti Q50 is designed for a trol and radio functions are retained. apps loaded from a smartphone or Infiniti In Touch(tm) companion app to question and answer session. new generation of young, premium cus- The top screen is 8-inches and would Infiniti’s app store, App Garage. Infiniti is synchronies Q50 with Smartphone. Once tomers seeking Infiniti’s unique fusion of normally show a map (on models with ensuring that only apps appropriate for paired, the owner can then select more A brief on Infiniti Al-Babtain inspired performance and hospitality. navigation) along with all other basic in-vehicle use are able to be loaded. No apps. There will be no charges for apps or Al-Babtain Group, the sole agent of Offering all that people like best vehicle functions such as HVAC and advertising is permitted. accessing content (over and above nor- Infiniti cars in Kuwait, is the proud winner about smart phones and tablet comput- radio. There are six preloaded apps, Categories of approved apps include mal phone service provider charges) for of various awards in all fields of automo- ers, the Infiniti Q50 takes staying in touch located on the lower 7-inch VGA screen: social media, news and sports, points of the first owner in the first three years of biles services due to its premium per- while on the move to a new level of con- Inbox, Calendar, Clock, Compass, Driving interest (POI), traffic and travel, motoring use in the Middle East. After that sub- formance in sales and marketing, after venience. Whether emailing, phoning, Performance (for dynamic analyses that (including fuel price sites), internet radio, scription charges may apply depending sales services and customer service. browsing or Tweeting, the new-genera- include g-force and fuel flow) and weather, cinema and hotels/restaurants. on apps loaded and content accessed. Recently, the group has won the first tion system offers a wide range of apps Maintenance Note (everything from tyre Infiniti is encouraging developers to The system has been designed to be place in after sales services at the poll ini- and delivers seamless connectivity with a pressures to the car’s complete service come up with new apps that can further highly customizable with the screens’ tiated by “Service Hero”. user interface that any tablet owner will find second nature to master. Called Infiniti In Touch(tm) the core system (excluding navigation function but including dual touch-screens) is standard on every Q50. Infiniti In Touch(tm) is as intuitive to use as an iPad and as functional as the latest Smartphone, seamlessly integrat- ing on-board hardware with off-board services using the driver’s Smartphone as the portal. Options for operating the sys- tem include not just the dual touch- screens but also enhanced voice recogni- tion, a central console commander, and steering wheel switches. Favorite apps - Facebook, Twitter, news, sport, travel, and weather for example - from a phone can be loaded into In Touch so they are safely available Canon introduces Cinema EOS System in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Canon Middle East has ever before. With the EOS C500 and chroma key positioning. The cam- ability of a PL mount variant pro- announced the official Kuwait our new cinema zoom lenses, as era also supports frame rates up to vides support for industry-standard launch of the company’s eagerly- well as the new EOS C100, we’re 120p in both 4K and 2K modes, lenses, while the EF mount model is awaited 4K cinema camera and two extending the range to meet the providing enhanced creative flexi- the first Cinema EOS camera to fea- Compact Zoom lenses extending needs of an even wider range of bility for high-speed (slow motion) ture a modified EF mount with the EF Cinema Lenses line-up for users - from independent users video capture. The inclusion of Cinema Lock. Designed as a result the growing professional film-mak- through to cinematographers.” Canon Log Gamma delivers the of user feedback, EF mount with ing community of Kuwait. high quality video and wide expo- Cinema Lock has been developed Canon’s Cinema EOS System EOS C500 - revolutionary sure latitude demanded by profes- to make it simpler to swap lenses brings together unique expertise 4K video capture sional cinematographers. mid-shoot. Instead of the user hav- Qatalum surpasses key QIP, from the company’s DSLR, video, Following a development Based on the same advanced ing to rotate the lens, the new broadcast and lens divisions - offer- announcement in April 2012, platform as the EOS C300, the EOS mount rotates to lock lenses into HSE targets over 2013 ing exceptional quality and creative Canon Middle East today confirms C500 delivers exceptional perform- place - providing easier operation freedom to professionals of all launch of the EOS C500, a new digi- ance, incredible mobility and out- during studio and field-based KUWAIT: Qatalum stepped into 2013 with achieved by Qatalum is the best among GCC kinds. With the new entry-level EOS tal cinema camera capable of 4K- standing expandability. The avail- shooting. the goal of becoming one of the world’s top and Hydro smelters. Total recordable injuries C100 and the 4K EOS C500, the sys- resolution (4,096 x 2,160 pixels) ten smelters, by surpassing a number of tar- at Qatalum are at 12.5 percent of the total tem has grown to meet a range of video output. Designed for motion gets set out in the Qatalum Improvement recordable injury rate published by the production requirements for users picture and high resolution digital Program (QIP). The Program aims to improve International Aluminium Institute (IAI) for of all levels. Additionally Canon’s production industries, the EOS the cash cost of aluminium production over 2012. In regard to the Qatalum Improvement new cine zoom lenses provide C500 offers the ability to output 4K- the next five years. Overall by the end of Plan, Tom Petter Johansen, Chief Executive excellent value and performance in resolution images as RAW data for 2013 the company surpassed its improve- Officer of Qatalum, urged employees to EF and PL variants - offering com- recording using an external device. ment target by 50 percent. The increase in build upon the 2013 results and set new patibility with virtually any camera The camera’s uncompressed 4K efficiency was done without compromising industry-leading standards in operational in production today. output also unleashes the full safety as part of its ongoing mission towards excellence, innovation and sustainability. He “This is our strongest-ever pro- potential of Canon’s expanding zero harm. said that over the coming year, Qatalum fessional video line-up and we are range of 4K-resolution EF Cinema According to Deon Earle, Qatalum’s HSE expects to meet 10 strategic objectives, confident that the availability of the Lenses, while an EF mount with Manager, a Total Recordable Injury Rate which include meeting shareholder expecta- EOS Cinema range in Kuwait will be Cinema Lock makes it easier for (TRIR) of 0.69 per million working hours, tions on financial returns, further improving widely accepted by the strong film- operators to switch lenses during including directly supervised contractors, its costs, fulfilling its CSR obligations, provid- making community in Kuwait.” said shooting. As well as uncompressed was achieved for the year 2012 amounting to ing opportunities for Qatari employees, and Hendrik Verbrugghe, Marketing 4K footage, the EOS C500 supports a considerably better performance than the enhancing the Qatalum brand. Director, Canon Middle East. “Each 12-bit or 10-bit RGB 4:4:4 output year’s target of 0.85. “This indicates how seri- He stressed that the Qatalum Production of these new products has been signalsfor 2K (2048 x 1080 pixels)or ous Qatalum Management is about HSE and System is instrumental in reaching the objec- developed with the needs of pro- Full HD off-board recording - deliv- shows their continued commitment to safe- tives and values which represent a solid plat- fessionals in mind, empowering our ering rich colour and high compati- ty,” he said. In comparison, the TRIR figures form for leadership at Qatalum. customers to be more creative than bility with image processes such as SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 technology

Space station computer outage may force spacewalk

CAPE CANAVERAL: A computer out- because of extra prep time needed by age at the International Space Station the California company and unrelated may require a spacewalk by astronauts damage to an Air Force radar-tracking and threatens to delay next week’s device needed for rocket launches. launch of a commercial supply ship for Late Friday, Mission Control was try- NASA. NASA said Friday night that a ing to determine whether the comput- backup computer on the outside of the er can be repaired or must be orbiting lab is not responding to com- replaced. A replacement would have mands. The main computer, called an to be accomplished by spacewalking MDM or multiplexer-demultiplexer, is astronauts. NASA is still aiming for a working fine, and the six man crew is in Monday launch by SpaceX. But that no danger, officials said. But these com- could change, depending on the sta- puters control some robotic functions tus of the bad computer. Astronauts that would be needed for the upcom- use the space station’s big robot arm ing supply run by SpaceX, one of two to grab onto the Dragon capsule and US companies contracted by NASA to attach it to the outpost. The space sta- keep the space station well stocked. tion is currently home to two A backup computer would need to Americans, one Japanese and three be operating for redundancy of those Russians. NASA is paying Space robotic systems. SpaceX is supposed to Exploration Technologies Corp - or launch the unmanned Dragon capsule SpaceX - and the Virginia-based on Monday from Cape Canaveral. It Orbital Sciences Corp to make space contains nearly 5,000 pounds of sup- station deliveries. Russia, Japan and plies and science experiments. The Europe also conduct occasional sup- NASA shows the International Space Station at an altitude of approximately 220 miles above the Earth, taken by mission is already a month late ply runs. — AP Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking. — AP Aircraft suppliers woo with tech in tablet-toting world Seat makers add new holders for tablets HAMBURG: Ever fancied seeing your name in Finding that crucial first customer is proving table holds only a tablet and a drink. lights as you boarded a plane? A hologram to tough, however. “Because it’s so different and take you through your in-flight entertainment radical, lots of people want to go second, but no Eye tech options? Or how about something simpler, like one wants to be first,” said Andy Morris, vice- The increasing use of tablet technology made an easy place to rest your tablet? Exhibitors at president of sales and marketing at the Northern In Flight Entertainment (IFE) a hot issue at the the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg demon- Ireland-based firm. Hamburg fair this year, with the organizers having strated these ideas and more as they sought to to put up a temporary building to accommodate a win airline customers with new seats, lighting Tablet power 10 percent increase in the space requested by and entertainment systems. But much of the new technology at the Apr. exhibitors active in this area. UK-based aerospace This may all seem like window dressing - but 8-10 fair was designed with the tablet-toting and defense manufacturer BAE Systems is teaming the commercial aircraft cabin interior market is traveller in mind. Representatives of aerospace up with Samsung to come up with an IFE system estimated at almost $13 billion in annual sales in supplier Honeywell cited data estimating there based around tablet devices. Replacing traditional 2014 and expected to grow to over $17 billion in will be 10 billion mobile devices, such as those seat-back entertainment systems with tablets on 2019, according to research by Markets and made by Apple and Samsung in the world by wide-bodied aircraft could save between 2,000 Markets. Germany-based Diehl Aerosystems 2016, for a global population of about 7.3 billion. and 3,000 pounds in weight, BAE’s director of cabin demonstrated a new cabin management sys- “The newest trends are all about tablet holders programs, Jared Schoemaker, said. BAE said the tem, whereby passengers could scan their and power,” Recaro Aircraft Seating CEO Mark use of tablets could be taken further. Cabin crew boarding cards on a screen as they stepped onto Hiller said. could use a smartphone with fingerprint technolo- INDIAN OCEAN: Photo shows Leading Seaman Aircrewman Daniel Colbert operating the plane. Lights would then come on in the US start-up Skycast, which provides airlines gy to alter lighting on board, dim windows or the Sensor Operator console on HMAS Toowoomba’s S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopter, panels of the aircraft with the passenger’s seat including Westjet with Samsung and Dell tablets adjust the amount of power going to each seat. Tiger 75, during the search for missing Malaysia Airways Flight MH370. — AFP number and name to help them to their seat, to rent out to customers, was demonstrating a They could even use Samsung’s wearable tech- with the aim of speeding up boarding. new tablet holder that can be easily fixed on to nology devices on their wrists to receive alerts such Diehl’s other new technology on show at the existing seats, holding anything from smart- as passenger calls. Panasonic also said it was look- fair included an on-board lavatory with sensors phones up to 10.3 inch tablets, including cases. ing at wearable devices that passengers could use Recovery of missing so you can raise and lower the lid and seat with- Established German seat manufacturer Recaro, as boarding cards and showed off a new HD screen out touching them. “Hygiene is becoming an which also makes child car seats, has also and a three-dimensional hologram that may one plane to stretch ever more important topic,” its Chief Executive designed new tablet holders in its seats that are day be used for in-flight entertainment systems. Rainer von Borstel said. Thompson Aero Seating positioned higher up, meaning passengers can Meanwhile, Thales - one of the world’s largest mak- has a novel solution to the problem of fighting easily watch films and still use the table. UK- ers of IFE systems - unveiled a new business-class limits of technology over armrests with your neighbor - staggered based Acro Aircraft Seating meanwhile has seat that allows passengers to control their enter- seats. And it says the design actually makes it designed a new tablet table aimed at low-cost tainment options using eye movement, hand ges- KUALA LUMPUR: Searchers have time and challenge is acute. Not only is that twice possible to fit more seats into a cabin than usual. carriers, such as customer Spirit Airlines. The tures or a touchpad built into the seat.— Reuters tide against them as they narrow the hunt the range of the recorders’ pinger, but the for a missing Malaysian Airlines jet using deeper the water, the harder it is to juggle final “pings” from flight recorders soon to vertical and horizontal angles, with the risk fall silent. Finding the boxes will be just the that readings become blurred. The range of start of a challenge to pluck wreckage from the pinger is limited because it uses a rela- Dropbox out to become home in Internet ‘cloud’ the ocean that may stretch technology to tively high frequency of 37.5 KHz. In water, its limits. For the second time since Flight high-frequency sounds travel shorter dis- SAN FRANCISCO: Dropbox is out to be the hip its board of directors. loads. Mailbox for organizing and managing MH370 disappeared after leaving Kuala tances, meaning the pinger signals can home in the cloud for photos, documents, “We’re honored to be adding someone as Gmail on Apple iPhone or iPod Touch devices Lumpur on March 8, experts are having to travel only 2,000-3,000 meters. To bring the video and other digital possessions amassed by brilliant and accomplished as Dr Rice to our became an instant hit after it was made avail- rely on metronomic whispers from the US Navy’s bright yellow ping detector with- Internet-age lifestyles. Dropbox has ramped up team,” Houston said in a blog post. Carousel was able early last year. San Francisco-based plane’s electronic systems to try to track it in range of its target, the Ocean Shield’s services for sharing and collaborating on virtual billed as a place for “precious memories” cap- Dropbox has become a preferred online loca- down. It was satellite pings that led crew plays out a long cable to position it at belongings ranging from Excel spreadsheets to tured as pictures or video with Apple or tion to store digital photos, documents, or searchers on the path south to the Indian depth. But experts say this can reduce the family photos. “This is a little glimpse into our Android-powered smartphones. Tools built into videos in the Internet ‘cloud’ with the ability to Ocean where an Australian ship picked up manoeuverability of the ship and hence new home; a home for life,” Dropbox co-founder Carousel allow for instant sharing of batches of access online from any computers. possible pings from the recorders on April the speed of operations. Standing by to and chief executive Drew Houston said during images, which are stored on Dropbox servers It has reportedly attracted more than a half- 5. Now, they are searching blindfolded in take over as soon as the search area is nar- an unveiling for press at a gallery in San and can also be accessed from desktop comput- billion dollars in venture capital funding, with one of the most murky, noisy and isolated rowed sufficiently is an American underwa- Francisco. ers. Dropbox for Business takes aim at compa- some putting its valuation in the vicinity of $10 spots on Earth, three miles under water ter robot called Bluefin-21. He billed the improvements and new fea- nies with ways to safely store files in the cloud billion. There is heavy speculation that Dropbox where the jet is assumed to have crashed It will build up a detailed acoustic image tures as ways to go beyond simply storing files while making it simple for co-workers to collab- could debut on the stock market next year. with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board. of the area using sophisticated ‘sidescan’ in the Internet cloud to “bringing it to life” by orate on Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, Dropbox makes applications along with limited On Wednesday, Australian officials said sonar, hoping to repeat its success in find- making it easy to share or collaborate, particu- or PowerPoint presentations. amounts of online storage space available free, two new ping signals had been detected ing a F-15 fighter jet which crashed off larly using smartphones. Along with launching Also introduced was a version of Mailbox then charges for added capacity. The firm com- the previous day. The recorders’ batteries Japan last year. If it detects possible wreck- Dropbox for Business; Carousel photo and video email organizing software tailored for smart- petes with online storage and sharing services are now about two days past their regular age, it will be sent back to photograph it sharing service, and a version of email organiz- phones powered by Google-backed Android by such technology titans as Google, Microsoft, lifespan. Finding the recorders won’t just carefully in underwater conditions with ing application Mailbox for Android-powered operating systems. Online storage firm Dropbox and Apple. Carousel also steps up as a chal- help locate the jet. They record cockpit extremely low light. But building up the devices, the company announced that former a year ago bought Mailbox, a hot startup devot- lenger to Yahoo photo service Flickr as well as data that could help explain what hap- necessary mosaic of thousands of high-def- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined ed to making it simpler to deal with email over- Google’s Picasa. — AFP pened to the plane and why it flew thou- inition photos in the undersea gloom can sands of kilometers off its Kuala Lumpur-to- be a long and frustrating task. Beijing route. “Now that 30 days have On one occasion during the search for Swiss unveil new solar plane for global flight passed we are in bonus time,” said Anish Air France’s lost Flight AF447, in waters Patel, head of Florida-based pinger maker almost as deep as the southern Indian PAYERNE: The Swiss-made airplane built for the first Dukane Seacom. “The units are certified to Ocean, a remote vehicle investigated signs round-the-world solar flight has wings longer than a last 30 days but there is a small design mar- of wreckage, only to find sea shells instead. Boeing 747 jumbo jet yet weighs only about as much gin ... (of) a few extra days of power.” as a large car. The first priority for search crews will be Recovery roles? The Solar Impulse 2, unveiled to the world to cling onto the electronic signals long Even with new pings, the prospects for Wednesday at Switzerland’s Payerne Air Force Base, is enough to narrow the area for more thor- retrieving MH370 wreckage quickly may be a bigger and better version of the single-seater proto- ough sonar research. Australian ship Ocean slim. The search for the Air France jet took type that first took flight five years ago. The original Shield is using a ‘Towed Pinger Locator’ almost two years in total. Nor, with doubts plane demonstrated that a solar-powered plane can sent by the US Navy - described by France hovering over the distribution of roles in a fly through the night, hop from Europe to Africa and as the most capable of its kind after it was Malaysian investigation, is it clear how the cross the width of the United States. used in the ultimately successful search for final recovery phase would be tackled, But its successor needs to be able to stay in the air an Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic even if the lost Boeing 777 is found. The far longer, because the pilots expect the lumbering in 2009. “The problem is not localizing it, search for AF447 was only completed after aircraft to take at least five days and five nights to cross the problem is finding where to look in the a cash crisis that saw investigators trade the Pacific and Atlantic oceans on its journey around first place,” said Mike Davis-Marks, a former down to a cheaper ship and accept indirect the globe next year. The new version can theoretically submarine commander in Britain’s Royal contributions from Airbus and the airline. stay airborne indefinitely, according to Bertrand Navy. The US Navy says it has not yet been asked Piccard and Andre Borschberg, who founded the Solar It’s a slow and exhausting process. to help with salvage, but experts say the Impulse project over a decade ago. Piccard and Operators must separate a ping lasting just Remora 6000, designed by naval contractor Borschberg, who will pilot the plane, admit that now 9.3 milliseconds a tenth of the blink of a Phoenix International which lifted the black they are the weakest link. human eye - and repeated every 1.08 sec- boxes, wreckage and bodies from AF447, To help them, the plane has an autopilot function, onds from the natural cacophony of the remains one of the few options. a toilet, a comfortable business-class seat and enough ocean, as well as disturbances from other The unmanned vehicle’s history is a roll- space in the ergonomic cockpit for the pilot to lie search vessels. “The ocean is a noisy place,” call of deep-sea operations, including view- down and either exercise a little bit, or get some rest. “I PAYERNE: Visitors walk under the new experimental aircraft ‘Solar Impulse 2’ during the offi- said Davis-Marks, former commander of a ing the Titanic and recouping a Turkish F-14 mean, the airplane can fly a month. The question is, cial presentation at the airbase in Payerne, Switzerland. — AP sister vessel to British hunter-killer subma- Tomcat fighter, a Japanese rocket and an What can the pilot do?” Borschberg said in an wingspan, in fact, is eight meters longer than the first plane that can stay in the air forever,” Piccard told AP. rine HMS Tireless which has been dis- Israeli submarine. However, AF447 was Associated Press interview. “So we have a sustainable prototype - longer even than the wings of a Boeing Borschberg said the trip next year would take patched to assist in the search. “There is found on a flat plain near a mountainous airplane in terms of energy; we need to develop a sus- 747 - but the entire airplane still weighs only 2.3 metric about 20 flying days, spread over three months. The noise from everything, whether it’s the ridge. Given the Indian Ocean depth and tainable pilot now.” American businessman and tons (2.54 tons), about the same as a family vehicle. pilots said they wanted to unveil the plane now ambient noise of the weather at the sur- terrain, any MH370 retrieval operation may adventurer Steve Fossett completed the longest non- To maintain its weight budget, the materials in the because they just finished building it and will test it face, or marine life like whales or the snap- be more difficult. Such deep-sea skills do stop flight in aviation history in 2006, flying 26,389 updated plane are lighter than before, and it has more during May and June. The first plane needed perfect ping noise of shrimps, not to mention oth- not come cheaply, adding to what is miles in about 76 hours but stopping early because of efficient electric motors. That’s important, because weather each day to recharge the battery, and it was er sea transport and low-flying aircraft.” already expected to be the costliest search mechanical problems. while the journey will be broken up into several smaller and not built to be as trouble-free. The new in aviation history, likely stretching to hun- Compared to its predecessor, Solar Impulse 2 has stages, the aircraft’s maximum speed of 140 kilome- plane can cross small cloud layers, and “if it’s partly Robot on standby dreds of millions of dollars. The final recov- better batteries for storing energy soaked up from the ters per hour means it will have to stay in the air for cloudy during the day we can cope with that as well,” Plotting pings from the recorders is a ery stage of the search for AF447 cost 6 mil- sun by the roughly 17,200 solar cells that cover the several days in a row during the long transoceanic Borschberg said. It can’t fly in thunderstorms, but comparatively simple task in shallow lion euros in total - equating to more than massive wings, which at 72 meters (236 feet) are equal legs. “I think we’re going to be in this cockpit being because it has no fuel restrictions the pilots can more waters. At depths of up to 4,500 meters, the $250,000 per day — Reuters to those of the largest passenger airplanes. The aware of the privilege it is to fly in the first and only air- easily wait out bad weather. — AP SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE Police taught to spot signs of psychiatric crisis

NORRISTOWN: When a 6-foot-5, 270- equipped to deal with them. They blame patient psychiatric beds, according to a to. There were so many warning Service, a private psychiatric hospital pound man with a history of violence a mental health system whose funding 2012 report by the National Association signs.” outside Philadelphia, officers are taught broke out of a mental health ward near has been severely slashed, thrusting of State Mental Health Program that how they talk and even where they Philadelphia and tried to withdraw mon- police into the role of first responder. Directors. Crisis intervention stand can make a big difference. ey from a bank, a confrontation with “We have systematically dismantled Now officers spend a disproportion- Williams’ shooting was ruled justified Police learn they should try to make police seemed likely. But Lower Merion the treatment system for people with ate amount of time on mental health and no charges were filed, but her death eye contact, speak calmly and listen. Township police officer Matthew Freind the most severe mental illness, and that calls, said Michael Biasotti, who has stud- spurred change. Police from Scranton “You have to hear what the problem used his mental health training to calmly has consequences,” said Doris Fuller, ied the impact of deinstitutionalization. and about a dozen nearby departments is before you can actually try to fix it,” talk to the man and defuse the crisis. executive director of the Treatment “If I could make one recommenda- now receive crisis intervention training. said Michelle Monzo, who has trained “No force was necessary,” Freind said. Advocacy Center in Arlington, Va. “We tion, it would be to prevent individuals Scranton officers, using a program about 3,800 officers over the last five “He thanked me. He said, ‘You’re the only have basically discontinued the hospital from deteriorating to the point where developed in Memphis, Tenn., more years. A recent simulation showed person that’s ever truly listened to me.’ option for people who are in psychiatric law enforcement becomes involved. than 25 years ago, get 40 hours of train- police how hard following commands That was a situation where things crisis. What happens instead? They don’t Return care and treatment of the most ing in how to recognize and respond to can be for someone who is hearing could’ve gotten out of hand very quick- get the treatment they need, they con- seriously ill back to the mental health mental illness and psychiatric emergen- voices. ly.” Sometimes they do, especially if tinue to deteriorate and at some point, system,” Biasotti, the police chief in New cies. Such crisis intervention teams have Officers Edward Sarama and Robert police aren’t trained how to respond to someone calls the police because Windsor, N.Y., told a U.S. House panel last been installed in nearly 3,000 police McGuire pretended they had to talk a the severely mentally ill. they’re out of control and there’s month departments out of 18,000 nationwide. man with schizophrenia out of a chair - Dozens of mentally ill people die in nowhere else to go.” That didn’t happen in the case of Mental health advocates say training where he had sat for a day, covered in run-ins with police every year. Last Brenda Williams.In 2009, the 52-year- can help police spot when someone is his own waste - and get him committed. month, a homeless camper in Great Recession old Air Force veteran - suffering from in crisis and adjust their tactics accord- The tenant was played by Officer Matt Albuquerque, N.M., was killed in a shoot- State psychiatric hospitals began paranoid schizophrenia - ran at police ingly, potentially reducing injuries to Dougherty, who literally heard voices as ing captured on an officer’s helmet cam- closing en masse 50 years ago amid a with a knife in her hand and was shot officers and people with mental illness Monzo and another officer jabbered era, sparking an FBI investigation and a shift to community-based treatment. But dead inside her apartment. Her family as well as the frequency of arrests. nonstop into his ears. “We’re here to protest that forced the city to call out a persistent lack of funding for mental says Scranton police and other offi- “It absolutely has made a difference,” check up on you. Have you been in the riot police. On Thursday, the US health services has left many without cials knew she was delusional from said Marie Onukiavage, executive direc- chair for very long?” McGuire asked. “Try Department of Justice slammed needed support. As a result, people with previous incidents but did not have tor of the Scranton-area chapter of the to focus on me, Mr. Dougherty.” Added Albuquerque police for routinely using serious mental illness often wind up her committed. “They should’ve han- National Alliance on Mental Illness. Sarama: “Matt, Matt, we’re here to help excessive force on those with mental ill- homeless or cycle in and out of jail. dled it in a way that suited her men- “Family members are seeing a great deal you, Matt.” Dougherty was unable to ness. Mental health advocates say vio- The Great Recession worsened the tal illness,” Williams’ 19-year-old of understanding and patience and respond, distracted by the voices. “I nev- lent confrontations occur regularly problem. States cut more than $4 billion daughter, Alana, told The Associated knowledge about what their loved one er experienced anything like that between people with untreated mental from mental health budgets from 2009 Press. “She didn’t have to die the way might be going through.” before,” he said later. “To see it from the illness and officers who often aren’t to 2012, eliminating thousands of in- she did, and she shouldn’t have had At Montgomery County Emergency other side was eye-opening.” —AP Obama taps budget guru, technocrat for health job One of Washington’s toughest jobs

WASHINGTON: Sylvia Mathews Burwell, nomi- nated to run President Barack Obama’s much maligned health care overhaul, would bring a wealth of expertise in economics and govern- ment management to one of Washington’s toughest jobs, even though she has little direct experience in the health care industry. In selecting Burwell to replace Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Obama chose a veteran technocrat who mem- bers of both parties say is up to the challenge of running a $1 trillion bureaucracy that rivals the Pentagon in complexity. If confirmed, she’ll inherit a beleaguered agency seeking desper- LANZHOU: People buying bottled water in a supermarket in Lanzhou, northwest ately to turn the page on a tumultuous chapter China’s Gansu province. —- AFP characterized by the problem-riddled rollout of Obama’s health care law and HealthCare.gov. Although the Senate confirmed her unani- Oil company blamed mously for her current job as Obama’s budget director, Burwell is unlikely to emerge this time for toxic tap water without a few bruises. With an eye toward the midterm elections, Republicans are eager to re- BEIJING: A Chinese oil giant was to blame venture and the sole water supplier for litigate Obama’s health care law in every public for a toxic leak that contaminated tap urban Lanzhou, Xinhua reported. setting possible - and a Senate confirmation water in a northwestern city, leading pan- The environment official said the leak hearing offers a prime opportunity. icked residents to clear stores of bottled had been located, and repairs were under water, state media said yesterday. way. The report did not say whether any Proven manager WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama, stands with his nominee to become Health and Tests conducted on Thursday and action would be taken against CNPC. Burwell, 48, was born in tiny Hinton, West Human Services secretary, Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, while speaking in the Friday showed that tap water in Lanzhou, Part of the city suspended its tapwater Virginia, and rose to become deputy chief of Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. — AP the capital of Gansu province, had as supply and residents hurried to supermar- staff in the Clinton administration. The Harvard much as 200 micrograms of the toxic kets to snap up bottled water after the graduate and Rhodes scholar served as chief of Political brinksmanship ence rooting out inefficiency and wasteful chemical benzene per litre — 20 times the excessive levels of benzene were reported staff to former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin In her current post, she also shepherded the spending could be useful for an agency strug- national limit-the official Xinhua news Friday. Stores and supermarkets ran out of and as deputy director of the White House federal government through a 16-day shutdown gling with a reputation for mismanagement and agency said, citing local environment water and many people complained of budget office during a period in which the fed- imposed by Congress last year, and helped a mandate to help slow the rate that health care authorities. A subsidiary of China’s largest thirst, Xinhua said, with fire engines deliv- eral government saw three consecutive budget secure a budget agreement with Congress that costs are increasing. oil company, China National Petroleum ering emergency supplies to downtown surpluses. Taking a respite from government, has temporarily averted political brinksmanship If confirmed, Burwell will join a cadre of Company (CNPC), was to blame after neighbourhoods. Burwell was president of the Bill & Melinda Gates over the US economy. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the female staffers who have taken on increasingly crude oil leaked from its pipeline into the By 11:00 am Saturday (0300 GMT), ben- Foundation’s Global Development Program and top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, central roles in the Obama administration, fol- source for a local water plant, Xinhua zene levels were confirmed safe at five out later the Wal-Mart Foundation, before returning said she reached out early after taking over and lowing criticism during Obama’s first term that reported Saturday. of the six tap water monitoring sites in to the White House last year to run the budget has made a point to come to Capitol Hill to brief his team was overly dominated by men. Neera The leak came from a Lanzhou Lanzhou, the agency said. office under Obama. lawmakers on budget issues. “Members found Tanden, who worked in the Clinton and Obama Petrochemical pipeline and led to the haz- Many waterways in China have suffered Those who have worked with Burwell that she was very responsive,” the Maryland con- administrations, said Burwell helped blaze a ardous levels of benzene in the city’s tap heavy contamination of toxic waste from describe her as meticulous, driven and results- gressman said. path for women in the policy world. When water, Xinhua said, citing a local environ- factories and farms-pollution blamed on oriented. In announcing her nomination, Obama Republicans generally reacted positively to Tanden was a junior Clinton staffer, she recalled, ment official. Benzene is an aromatic, more than three decades of rapid eco- noted with a hint of pride that in the year since her nomination, with Sen John McCain taking to Burwell would burst into meetings exhibiting colourless liquid and a basic raw material nomic growth and lax enforcement of she rejoined the White House, the annual deficit Twitter to call Burwell “an excellent choice” to power and enjoying the clear respect of her used in the petrochemical industry. environmental protection laws. has dropped by more than $400 billion. replace Sebelius - a favorite punching bag for boss, Clinton chief of staff Erskine Bowles. Human exposure to the chemical increas- In one serious environmental scandal “She is a rigorous, relentless, proven manag- the Republican Party as the health law she over- “Erskine would never say she’s the strongest es the risk of cancer and other illnesses. in January 2012, factories contaminated er,” said Brian Deese, Burwell’s deputy in the saw faced setbacks and low approval ratings. woman. He would say she’s the strongest per- Investigators found crude oil in soil water supplies serving millions of people budget office, in an interview. “That is exactly While Burwell has not been intimately son,” Tanden said. “That just sent us a really along a duct between two water works with toxic cadmium and other waste in what HHS needs right now.” involved in setting health care policy, her experi- important signal.” —AP owned by Veolia Water, a joint Sino-French the southwestern city of Guangxi. —AFP Researchers using math to Dieters move past calories, whittle away at jet lag food makers follow WASHINGTON: Lots of apps claim they am. London time. Generally, it’s thought can help you fight jet lag. Now Michigan to take a day per time zone to fully adjust. researchers say mathematical formulas But the study suggests a three-day adjust- NEW YORK: Obsessing over calories alone has left Kelly Pill has been dieting since her son was satisfaction and seem to make them hungrier. The suggest it’s possible to adjust to new time ment schedule, if you can stick with it: On dieters with an empty feeling. The calorie counting born in 1990. But the 54-year-old resident of new thinking is that eating foods with more protein zones a bit faster than previously thought, the day after arrival, get light from 7:40 that defined dieting for so long is giving way to oth- Covina, Calif., made changes to her approach in or fat keeps will make dieters less likely to binge lat- and they created their own free app to am to 9 pm; from 6:20 am to 7:40 pm on er considerations, like the promise of more fiber or recent years. She doesn’t eat Lean Cuisine er, even if they’re higher in calories. help. Day 2; and from 5 am until 7:20 pm on natural ingredients. That is chipping away at the microwavable meals as often because she doesn’t “People are recognizing that it’s not enough to Doctors have long said exposure to Day 3. popularity of products like Diet Coke, Lean Cuisine find them that filling. She also switched to Greek just go on a diet and lose weight. Nutrition comes light is key. But how much, and when? A free iPhone app named Entrain does and Special K, which became weight-watching sta- yogurt last year to get more protein. more into play,” said Margo Wootan, director of “If you get light in the wrong time or the calculations. Stay indoors, or stay up ples primarily by stripping calories from people’s “Regular yogurt is really thin,” Pill said. “It was low nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the wrong way, it’ll send you the wrong direc- later, and it adjusts the advice. favorite foods. in calories, but it wasn’t filling.” Public Interest, a health advocacy group. tion,” said University of Michigan math The app hasn’t been tested with travel- Part of the problem: “Low-calorie” foods make It’s not that people don’t care about calories any- Many top brands are trying to keep up with the professor Daniel Forger, who led the ers to see whether it really helps more people feel deprived. Now, people want to lose more. Nutrition experts still say weight loss comes trend: research published Thursday. than general advice, such as to seek weight while still feeling satisfied. And they want to down to burning more calories than you eat. But • Special K cereal’s sales are down 7 percent in do it without foods they consider processed. dieters are sick of foods that provide only fleeting the past two years, according to IRI, a market A master biological clock, called a cir- morning light when traveling eastward. research firm based in Chicago. Kellogg last year cadian rhythm, regulates when we But after using it, travelers will be given a rolled out “Special K Nourish” hot cereals that tout a become sleepy and when we’re more choice of submitting their data to a blend of grains such as quinoa and barley. A alert. Travel across time zones and the University of Michigan study. Kellogg executive noted at the time that people are body clock has to reset itself. “Before we really believe it, it has to go looking for nutritional benefits rather than just Light is that clock’s strongest regulator. through testing,” cautioned sleep-medi- reduced calories. In a study partly funded by the Air Force, cine specialist Dr. Steven Altchuler, an • Nestle’s Lean Cuisine saw a 27 percent drop in the Michigan team used two equations assistant professor of psychiatry at the sales in the past four years, according to IRI. So the proven to predict someone’s circadian Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, who company introduced an “Honestly Good” line that rhythm, and with computer modeling cal- wasn’t involved in the project. But “there’s boasts of natural ingredients and offers more gen- culated different schedules of light expo- very little risk of harm if someone wants erous servings at about 390 calories per box, rather sure for more than 1,000 possible trips. to try these things.” than the 300 calories for regular Lean Cuisine meals. It’s possible to customize a block of Most people adjust fine with general •Both Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi saw sales volume time each day when you should be in advice, but adjusting faster may be more fall by nearly 7 percent last year, according to the light, the brighter the better, and another important if travelers must be at their best industry tracker Beverage Digest. That was steeper when you should avoid it, Forger’s team for, say, sports competitions or a business than declines for their full-calorie counterparts. Executives at Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. reported in the journal PLoS negotiation, Altchuler added. blame customers’ move away from artificial sweet- Computational Biology. (It didn’t address “I think it makes sense,” said Dr. Charles eners and say they’re working on sodas using natu- other potential remedies such as mela- Bae of the Cleveland Clinic’s sleep disor- ral low-calorie sweeteners. The drinks are likely to tonin.) der center. “Anything you could do to have more calories than traditional diet sodas, but An example: Fly from Detroit to optimize your adjustment is welcome, OMAHA: Boxes of Kellogg’s Special K cereal are on display at a supermarket in Omaha. The fix- the thinking is that people will accept the tradeoff London, five hours ahead, arriving at 11 without medications.” —AP ation on calorie counts that defined dieting for so long is giving way to other considerations, to avoid artificial ingredients.—AP like the promise of more fiber or natural ingredients. — AP SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014

GUST hosts visual communication conference ‘ The SEEN’

he Gulf University for Science and Technology students celebrate with colors to raise awareness for their visual communication conference that hosts local creative professionals, including car- Ttoonists, artists, graphic designers, PR specialists, filmmakers, calligraphers and more. “The SEEN” event takes place at the Gulf University for Science and Technology from today till April 15 from 9:30-17:00.

KSNA Kuwait Chapter’s new office-bearers

Elmo and friends discover music at Ice Skating Rink

he Kuwait Chapter of Kerala Ramapuram. Earlier, Krishnamoorthy, focus is on theatre though we propose Sangeetha Nataka Akademi at a meeting of the Ad-Hoc commit- to recognize and promote pravasi T(KSNA) reconstituted its Ad-Hoc tee, asked KSNA Kuwait Chapter Vijay artists in other fields such as dance committee on Thursday by inducting Karayil and Coordinator Sajeev K Peter and music as well,” Krishnamoorthy TEC’s Public Relations and Media five new members into it. Five mem- to continue their posts. Three mem- said. Manager. Meanwhile, Hesham bers of the previous committee volun- bers - B S Pillai, Johney Kunnil and He said the just-concluded theatre Shehatah, the Eventmania CEO, tarily vacated their positions as stipu- Nixon George-will also continue as festival held in three Gulf countries announced the show premieres on lated by the KSNA rules. The reconsti- Ad-Hoc committee members. was very successful. “As a first step, it Thursday, April 24, 2014 with two tution of the Ad-Hoc committee for An Advisory Committee was also was huge success. I also received very shows, the first at 4:45 pm and the the year 2014 took place at a meeting constituted with Thomas Mathew positive reports about the theatre fes- second starts at 7:45 pm. Two shows presided over by KSNA Chairman Kadavil, Shemejkumar K K, Babuji tival that was held in Kuwait in are scheduled on the following day, Soorya Krishnamoorthy and was Bathery and Sunil P Antony as its February,” he said. Congratulating the esame Street Live is set to per- their Sesame Street friends are tak- the first on 4:00 pm and the second attended by representatives of members. Krishnamoorthy, addressing Ad-Hoc committee for successfully form several shows in Kuwait ing to the stage to share their love starts at 7:00 pm. The event con- Malayali associations at Indian the community representatives, said, conducting the drama festival, Slater this month at the Ice of music in Sesame Street Live “Elmo cludes on Saturday, April 26, 2014 Community School, Salmiya. Gulf chapters have been constituted Krishnamoorthy said KSNA will con- Skating Rink, the Touristic Makes Music,” and that in seven with three shows with the following The new members of the Ad-Hoc by the Akademi’s as a new initiative to duct amateur theatre competition this Enterprises Company announced. shows hosted in cooperation with starting times: 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm and committee are: Babu Chakola, K P promote, encourage and recognize year also and requested the pravasi Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all Eventmania, said Saqer Al-Bader, the 6:30 pm. Balakrishnan, Jayan T V, Iqbal expatriate artists who contribute to theatre troupes to start preparations Kuttamangalam and Chessil various fields of arts. “Initially, the for it.

United Networks organizes Open Day

n an entertaining and fun atmosphere, United Networks, the relationship between all its employees and subsidiaries, efforts and hard work of all the employees in light of their Kuwait’s pioneer communications and media solutions by bringing them together in an atmosphere full of fun and achievements. Iprovider, organized an open day at Hilton Resort, entertainment programs, giving them the chance to take a He also added: “This was a great opportunity for all the Mangaf for the group company employees and its sub- break from the busy work season and daily responsibilities.” employees to meet and get to know their colleagues in a sidiaries; Gulfnet Communications, Gulfsat Communications Pointing out that this kind of activities contributes in creat- fun and exciting atmosphere, and a great way to encour- and Marina FM along with its partners. With the presence of ing a friendly atmosphere between the employees. age them to aim higher and work better through con- the head and executive directors of United Networks along Al-Sanea addressed the importance of organizing the stant commitment, always striving for excellence.” The with the heads of subsidiaries and group companies, Open Day on yearly basis, and bringing all employees and Open Day included different kinds of entertainment pro- employees enjoyed a day full of different kinds of exciting subsidiaries together in a joyful atmosphere, which is a grams, fun games, challenging outdoor and indoor com- activities and a variety of team games and competitions confirmation on how much the company cares about its petitions and a lot of valuable prizes which were organ- that included a lot of valuable prizes and gifts. employees during and outside working hours, as employ- ized and put together by the efforts of a dedicated team Speaking about the Open Day, Mahmoud Al-Sanea, ees are significant to the success of the company and are of employees. Al-Sanea takes this chance to thank every Chairman and CEO, said: “Since our employees are our considered the most important resource of any organiza- single member who contributed to making this a day a most valuable assets, United Networks seeks to strengthen tion. He also extended his appreciation to the valued fun and successful day. WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014

ABCK holds annual golf tourney

By Ben Garcia

KUWAIT: The team headed by Luis Suarez, Ahmed Al-Sarawi, Korin Kinchen and Abdulrazzak Abdullah, bagged the 13th annual golf tournament organized by the American Business Council Kuwait (ABCK) yesterday. The event held at Sahara Golf Club was participated-in by hundreds of golfers. The second run- ners-up prize was won by a team headed by Ali Al-Ansari, Omar Shafi, Nadeem Shafi and Farruk Waheed while the third place was won by Francis Gracias, Kharan Bhasin, Julio Lobo and Rajiv Jolly. Four special awards were also given to Farruk Waheed, Mary Willet and Ahmad Al-Sarawi, Dave Brown for the nearest to pin and longest drives. The winners were announced by Gregory Stevens, Chairman of the American Business Council Kuwait accompanied by US Embassy Senior Commercial Officer Dao M Le and tournament organizer Scott Beverly (Vice Chairman ABCK) and Director of Business Development KGL. The prize distribution was held over sumptuous lunch at Sahara Golf Club Restaurant with more than 23 teams from different companies in Kuwait. “We organized this for membership purposes. We want to encourage people, espe- cially members of Sahara Golf Club who are not a member of ABCK to be part of the organization and take advantage of the many privileges we offer,” he said. The tournament is held during the last part of the spring season to take advantage of the beautiful weather in Kuwait. “The people who are part of the tournament are very competitive; they play golf regularly. They are expats like you and me. Some are Kuwaitis working in companies and they love to play golf, so they are here today to enjoy and relax,” he said. “The event would have not been possible without our sponsors’ cooperation, so we are indeed grateful to them, especially to our major sponsor, Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Spa. We thank KGL, Crowne Plaza, Microsoft, Marafie Kuwaitia, Loius Berger, Equate, United Airlines, Golf Me, American Tax Bureau, and Ernest & Young (EY),” he mentioned. Prizes distributed included gift certificates and tro- phies and raffle draw winners got dinner or lunch vouchers from participating sponsors. TV PROGRAMS SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014

02:00 BBC World Highlights 03:00 BBC World 11:00 Trans World Sport 05:30 Total Rugby 04:00 BBC World 12:00 Live NRL Premiership 06:00 Trans World Sport 05:00 BBC World 14:00 Amlin Challenge Cup 07:00 Golfing World 06:00 BBC World 16:00 Super Rugby 00:45 Deadly Waters 00:20 Sci-Trek 08:00 PGA Tour 07:00 BBC World 18:00 Golfing World 01:35 Animal Cops South Africa 01:10 You Have Been Warned 13:30 Trans World Sport 08:00 BBC World 19:00 PGA Tour Highlights 02:25 Deadly Waters 02:00 Penn & Teller Tell A Lie 14:30 ICC Cricket 360 09:00 BBC World 20:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 03:15 Elephants In The Room 02:45 Mega World 15:00 Sevens World Series 10:00 BBC World 21:00 NRL Premiership 04:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 03:35 Mega World Highlights 11:00 BBC World 23:00 Premier League Darts 04:55 Animal Cops South Africa 04:30 Mega World 15:30 Futbol Mundial 12:00 BBC World 05:45 Untamed China With Nigel 05:20 Mega World 16:00 NRL 13:00 BBC World Marven 06:10 Mega World 18:00 NHL 14:00 BBC World 06:35 Wildlife SOS 07:00 Storm Chasers 00:00 Bellator MMA 2014 20:00 Bellator MMA 2014 15:00 BBC World 07:00 Escape To Chimp Eden 07:55 Freaks Of Nature 02:00 ITU World Triathlon Series 22:00 PGA Tour Highlights 16:00 BBC World 07:25 Too Cute! 08:20 Freaks Of Nature 04:30 ICC Cricket 360 23:00 Golfing World 17:00 BBC World 08:15 The Animals’ Guide To 08:45 Sci-Trek 05:00 Sevens World Series Survival 18:00 BBC World 09:40 What’s That About? 09:10 Too Cute! 19:00 BBC World 10:30 Mega World 10:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 20:00 BBC World 11:20 Space Pioneer 10:35 Shamwari: A Wild Life 21:00 BBC World 12:10 Scrapheap Challenge ‘True Detective’ 11:00 Animal Precinct 22:00 BBC World 13:00 How Do They Do It? 11:55 Escape To Chimp Eden 23:00 BBC World 13:30 Sci-Trek 12:20 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 14:20 Mythbusters Season 2: What 12:50 Animal Maternity Ward 15:10 Scrapheap Challenge 13:45 Swimming With Monsters: 16:00 Mega World we know so far Steve Backshall 16:50 Strangest Weather On Earth 15:30 My Cat From Hell 17:15 Strangest Weather On Earth 00:30 Born To Kill 16:30 The Animals’ Guide To 17:40 Penn & Teller Tell A Lie he next season of “True Detective” will be 01:30 Born To Kill Survival 18:30 You Have Been Warned about “hard women, bad men and the 02:30 Jeffrey Dahmer 17:25 From Pound Pups To Dog 19:20 The Gadget Show secret occult history of the United States 03:30 When Life Means Life T Stars 19:45 How Do They Do It? transportation system,” says series creator Nic 04:30 Serial Killer Profile 18:20 Panda Adventures With Nigel 20:10 Mythbusters 05:30 Born To Kill Pizzolatto. That intriguing preview came in an Marven 21:00 Mega Builders 06:30 Curious & Unusual Deaths interview with HitFix’s Alan Sepinwall, one of the 19:15 Too Cute! 21:50 Kings Of Construction 07:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill very few Pizzolatto has done around the Season 1 20:10 My Pet’s Gone Viral 22:40 Sci-Trek 07:30 Snapped: Women Who Kill finale of the HBO series. What else do we know 20:40 My Pet’s Gone Viral 23:30 Space Pioneer 10:00 When Life Means Life about the show? Not much. It hasn’t officially 21:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 11:00 Beyond Scared Straight been renewed, no actors have been cast, and 21:35 Shamwari: A Wild Life 12:00 Jack Unterweger: Poet Of 22:00 Too Cute! Pizzolatto hasn’t even presented his idea to HBO. Death 22:55 My Pet’s Gone Viral Why wouldn’t Season 2 be a mystery? We 13:00 Fatal Vows 23:25 My Pet’s Gone Viral didn’t even find out until the finale exactly what 14:00 When Life Means Life 23:50 Animal Cops Philadelphia 00:30 Deadly Sins kind of show we were watching. A twist on the 15:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder 01:20 Scorned: Crimes Of Passion buddy-cop genre? A philosophical discourse on Casebook 02:10 Swamp Murders the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life? A serial 16:00 Curious & Unusual Deaths 03:00 Double Cross 16:30 Private Crimes killer yarn? It turned out to be a twisting, garish 03:45 Killer Kids combination of the three, completely different 17:00 Homicide Hunter 04:30 Deadly Sins 00:05 My Family: The Heart Of 18:00 The First 48 05:20 I Was Murdered from anything else. Christmas 19:00 The Devil You Know 05:45 I Was Murdered That said, here’s what we know so far. Or think 00:35 Doctor Who 20:00 Beyond Scared Straight 06:10 I Was Murdered we know. Matthew McConaughey won’t be back. 01:20 Upstairs Downstairs 21:00 Private Crimes 06:35 I Was Murdered The show was always intended as an antholo- 02:15 Five Daughters 21:30 Jack Unterweger: Poet Of 07:00 I Was Murdered gy with a new story each season. The surprise sur- 03:05 New Tricks Death 07:25 Stalked: Someone’s Watching vival of both Rust Cohle and Marty Hart at the 04:00 Me & Mrs Jones 22:30 Serial Killer Profile 07:50 Dr G: Medical Examiner end of Season 1 suggested at least one could 04:30 My Family: The Heart Of 23:30 Jeffrey Dahmer 08:40 Disappeared return, someday. But McConaughey has said he Christmas 09:30 On The Case With Paula Zahn OFFICE SPACE ON OSN MOVIES COMEDY HD never planned to stay beyond one season. “It was 05:00 Tweenies 10:20 Murder Shift a 450-page film, is what it was,” McConaughey 05:20 Teletubbies 11:10 Forensic Detectives said of the show’s first season during a January 05:45 Bobinogs 18:00 Swamp Shark-PG15 12:00 Extreme Forensics 11:10 Giuliana & Bill 01:30 Saturday Night Live Television Critics Association panel. “It was also 05:55 Show Me Show Me 12:50 I Was Murdered 20:00 15 Minutes-PG15 12:05 E! News 02:30 Eastbound & Down finite. It didn’t mean we had to come back this 06:15 Tweenies 13:15 Stalked: Someone’s Watching 13:05 Extreme Close-Up 03:00 How I Met Your Mother 22:00 Beverly Hills Cop-18 00:05 Gold Divers year, next year if we were under contract. It was 06:35 Teletubbies 00:55 Gold Divers: Under The Ice 13:40 Extreme Forensics 13:35 E! Entertainment Special 03:30 How I Met Your Mother finite. So in that way it was exactly a 450-page 07:00 Bobinogs 01:45 Gold Divers: Under The Ice 14:30 Disappeared 14:30 Style Star 04:00 All Of Us 07:10 Show Me Show Me 02:35 Gold Divers: Under The Ice 15:20 Dr G: Medical Examiner 15:00 Keeping Up With The 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring film script.” 07:30 Me & Mrs Jones 03:25 Gold Divers: Under The Ice 16:10 On The Case With Paula Zahn Kardashians Jimmy Fallon It could take place in Southern California. 00:00 The Five Year Engagement-18 08:00 Saxondale 04:15 Gold Divers: Under The Ice 17:00 Murder Shift 17:00 The Drama Queen 05:30 Better Off Ted Pizzolatto said in an interview with BuzzFeed’s 02:15 Grabbers-PG15 08:30 Friday Night Dinner 05:05 Gold Divers 17:50 Extreme Forensics 18:00 E! News 06:00 The War At Home Kate Authur 04:00 The House Bunny-PG15 09:00 Walk On The Wild Side 06:00 Mythbusters 18:40 I Was Murdered 19:00 E!ES 06:30 My Name Is Earl that he’s “been reading about the last 40 years 06:00 Jumanji-PG 09:30 Doctors 07:00 You Have Been Warned 19:05 Stalked: Someone’s Watching 20:00 Keeping Up With The 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers of Southern California government.” He also sig- 08:00 The Simpsons Movie-PG 10:00 Casualty 07:50 Robson’s New Extreme 19:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner Kardashians 08:00 All Of Us 10:00 Paranorman-PG naled that the show is leaving his home state of 10:50 Elephant Diaries Update Fishing Challenge 20:20 Disappeared 21:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 08:30 Better Off Ted 12:00 The House Bunny-PG15 Louisiana: He said he hopes the new season “pre- 11:45 Me & Mrs Jones 08:40 Fast N’ Loud 21:10 On The Case With Paula Zahn 22:00 Hello Ross 09:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:00 My Dog’s Christmas Miracle- sents new characters in a new place with authen- 12:15 Saxondale 09:30 Border Security 22:00 Disappeared 22:30 Party On 09:30 2 Broke Girls PG15 ticity and resonance and an authorial voice con- 12:45 Friday Night Dinner 09:55 Storage Hunters 22:50 Fatal Encounters 23:00 E!ES 10:00 Two And A Half Men 16:00 Paranorman-PG sistent with this season. Dominant colors will 13:10 Walk On The Wild Side 10:20 Game Of Pawns 23:40 Deadly Women 10:30 My Name Is Earl 18:00 Bernie-PG15 13:40 Doctors 10:45 How Do They Do It? Turbo 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring change. South Louisiana was green and bur- 20:00 Office Space-PG15 14:10 Casualty Specials Jimmy Fallon nished gold.” Wherever the show goes, it will be 22:00 The Five Year Engagement-18 15:00 Elephant Diaries Update 11:35 Fast N’ Loud 12:00 The War At Home places you don’t usually see on TV: “We’re general- 15:50 Saxondale 12:25 Classic Car Rescue 12:30 All Of Us ly concerned with the places that don’t get much 16:20 New Tricks 13:15 Overhaulin’ 2012 00:00 Expedition Antarctica 13:00 Better Off Ted press and where you wouldn’t normally set a tele- 17:10 Eastenders 14:05 Border Security 01:00 Predator CSI 13:30 My Name Is Earl vision show,” Pizzolatto said at TCA There will be 17:40 Doctors 00:00 Party On 14:30 Storage Hunters 02:00 Darwin’s Lost Voyage 14:00 How I Met Your Mother more than one director this time. 18:10 The Weakest Link 00:30 The Dance Scene 01:00 Beastly-PG15 14:55 Game Of Pawns 03:00 Adventure Wanted 14:30 2 Broke Girls Season 1 owes much of its gorgeous, moody 19:00 Only Fools And Horses 00:55 The Dance Scene 03:00 The Forger-PG15 15:20 Flying Wild Alaska 04:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 15:00 Two And A Half Men 19:30 Rev. 01:25 Style Star 05:00 The Wild Girl-PG15 aesthetics to Cary Fukunaga, but logistics will pre- 16:10 Fast N’ Loud 05:00 The Known Universe 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 20:00 Waking The Dead 01:50 Style Star 07:00 Beneath Hill 60-PG15 vent him from shooting every episode in Season 17:00 Ultimate Survival 06:00 80s: The Decade That Made Stewart 20:50 Spooks 02:20 E!ES 09:00 Beastly-PG15 2, as he did in Season 1. 17:50 Wheeler Dealers Us 16:00 The Colbert Report 21:40 Me & Mrs Jones 03:15 Extreme Close-Up 10:30 Quiet Flows The Don-PG15 “We don’t have any plans to work with one 18:40 You Have Been Warned 07:00 Shark Men 16:30 The War At Home 22:10 Upstairs Downstairs 03:40 Extreme Close-Up 13:30 A Woman-PG15 director again,” Pizzolatto told Buzzfeed. “It would 19:30 Surviving The Cut 08:00 Expedition Antarctica 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 23:05 The Weakest Link 04:10 E!ES 15:15 A Christmas Kiss-PG15 20:20 How Do They Do It? Turbo 09:00 Predator CSI 18:00 How I Met Your Mother be impossible to do this yearly as we need to be 23:50 Eastenders 05:05 E!ES 17:00 Emperor-PG15 Specials 10:00 Darwin’s Lost Voyage 18:30 How I Met Your Mother able to do post while we’re still filming, like any 06:00 THS 19:00 Silver Linings Playbook-PG15 21:10 Storage Hunters 11:00 Adventure Wanted 19:00 2 Broke Girls other show. There’s some great guys I’ve consult- 07:50 Style Star 21:00 Peacock-18 21:35 Game Of Pawns 12:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 19:30 Trophy Wife ed, and we’re all confident we can achieve the 08:20 E! News 23:00 Maniac-R 22:00 Gold Rush 13:00 The Known Universe 20:00 The Goldbergs same consistency.” The format of the show is wide 09:15 Scouted 22:50 Klondike 14:00 Alaska Wing Men 20:30 Parks And Recreation 10:15 Married To Jonas open. “I tried to make the format as broad for my 23:40 Gold Divers 15:00 Brave New World 21:00 The Daily Show Global tastes as possible in the sense that, yes, this is 00:00 BBC World 10:40 Chasing The Saturdays Edition 01:00 BBC World 16:00 Mystery Files almost the ‘True Detective’ version of a buddy cop 16:30 Mystery Files 21:30 The Colbert Report Global movie hunting for a serial killer,” Pizzolatto said at Edition 17:00 Predator CSI 01:15 Mad Bastards-18 TCA. “And in that way, it even touches on a lot of 18:00 One Ocean 22:00 Girls 03:00 All The King’s Men-PG15 22:30 Getting On those tropes while, I hope, subverting and mak- 19:00 Megastructures 05:15 Blue-Eyed Butcher-18 ing them entirely new through the character 20:00 Big, Bigger, Biggest 23:00 Ja’mie: Private School Girl 07:00 Jack The Bear-PG15 21:00 Animal Intervention 23:30 The Goldbergs 09:00 Alfie Boe: The Bring Him work. And, you know, there could be a season 22:00 Helicopter Wars Home Tour-PG15 that’s much more of a widespread conspiracy 23:00 My Dog Ate What? 11:00 Look Again-PG15 thriller, a season that’s a small town murder mys- 13:00 The Wild Girl-PG15 tery, a season where nobody is murdered and it’s 15:00 Kathmandu Lullaby-PG15 a master criminal versus a rogue detective or 00:00 Psych 17:00 Look Again-PG15 something. Even the title, ‘True Detective,’ is 01:00 Top Gear (US) 19:00 The Gospel-PG15 meant to be, of course, purposefully somewhat 02:00 Supernatural 21:00 Casino-18 generic before you even get to the there are 00:20 Brutal Killers 03:00 Breaking Bad deeper indications. The word ‘true’ can also mean 01:10 Sharkville 12:00 Emmerdale honorable and authentic and things like that. But 02:00 Australia’s Deadliest: Shark 12:30 Coronation Street all the previous incarnations of anything titled Coast 16:00 Emmerdale ‘True Detective’ was an anthology; right? So as 01:00 Drift-PG15 02:50 Gorilla Murders 16:30 Coronation Street long as there is some crime in there, I think the 03:00 Pop Star-PG15 03:45 Night Stalkers 19:00 Drop Dead Diva 05:00 Trouble With The Curve-PG15 series format can approach it. I mean, theoretical- 04:40 Hornets: A Sting In The Tale 20:00 Revenge 07:00 Remember Sunday-PG15 ly you could tell Faulkner’s ‘Absalom Absalom!’ as 05:35 Australia’s Deadliest: Shark 21:00 The Blacklist 09:00 Hyde Park On Hudson-PG15 a season of ‘True Detective’ because it’s told as a Coast 22:00 Game Of Thrones 10:45 The Hobbit: An Unexpected mystery story.” — Reuters 06:30 Gorilla Murders 23:10 Breaking Bad Journey-PG 07:25 Night Stalkers 13:30 Girl In Progress-PG15 08:20 Dangerous Encounters 15:15 Wild Card-PG15 09:15 Python Hunters 17:00 Hyde Park On Hudson-PG15 10:10 World’s Weirdest Pets 19:00 The Company You Keep- 11:05 Animal Superpowers PG15 12:00 Monster Fish 01:00 C.S.I. New York 21:00 The Campaign-18 12:55 Built For The Kill 02:00 Good Morning America 23:00 Broken City-18 13:50 Bizarre Dinos 04:00 Rescue Me 14:45 Man Hunt 06:00 Good Morning America 15:40 Dangerous Encounters 14:00 Live Good Morning America 16:35 Kenny And Zoltan’s Venom 19:00 24 Quest 20:00 Red Widow 17:30 World’s Deadliest Animal 21:00 Zero Hour 00:00 Silent Hill: Revelation-18 Apocalypse 22:00 Rescue Me 02:00 The Guilt Trip-PG15 18:25 Wild Case Files 23:00 Hemlock Grove 04:00 A Heartbeat Away-PG15 19:20 Built For The Kill 06:00 Love Birds-PG15 20:10 Bizarre Dinos 08:00 Bernie-PG15 21:00 Man Hunt 10:00 Pizza Man-PG 21:50 Dangerous Encounters 11:45 Life Of Pi-PG 22:40 Kenny And Zoltan’s Venom 14:00 Standing Ovation-PG15 Quest 00:00 Stone’s War: War Of The 16:00 Bernie-PG15 23:30 World’s Deadliest Animal Dead-18 18:00 Clear History-PG15 Apocalypse 02:00 Bait-PG15 20:00 Hansel & Gretel: Witch 04:00 The Philly Kid-PG15 Hunters-PG15 06:00 The Fast And The Furious: 22:00 Total Recall-18 Tokyo Drift-PG15 08:00 Vanishing On 7th Street- PG15 10:00 Paycheck-PG15 01:00 Amlin Challenge Cup 00:00 Parks And Recreation 12:00 Swamp Shark-PG15 03:00 NRL Premiership 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 14:00 Vanishing On 7th Street- 05:00 NRL Premiership Stewart PG15 07:00 Amlin Challenge Cup BAIT ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 01:00 The Colbert Report 16:00 Virtuosity-PG15 09:00 Super Rugby Classifieds

SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014

Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (10/04/2014 TO 16/04/2014)

SHARQIA-1 SABOTAGE (DIG) 2:30 PM NEED FOR SPEED (DIG-3D) 7:15 PM NEED FOR SPEED (DIG) 1:30 PM MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (DIG) 4:30 PM NEED FOR SPEED (DIG) 10:00 PM Immediate vacancies for the SABOTAGE (DIG) 4:00 PM THE RAILWAY MAN (DIG) 6:30 PM NEED FOR SPEED (DIG) 12:45 AM NEED FOR SPEED (DIG) 6:00 PM THE RAILWAY MAN (DIG) 8:45 PM following positions are required: TOKAREV (DIG) 8:30 PM SABOTAGE (DIG) 11:00 PM 360º- 1 SABOTAGE (DIG) 10:30 PM SABOTAGE (DIG) 1:00 AM TOKAREV (DIG) 1:30 PM TOKAREV (DIG) 12:30 AM TOKAREV (DIG) 3:45 PM FANAR-4 TOKAREV (DIG) 5:45 PM SHARQIA-2 CAPTAIN AMERICA: TOKAREV (DIG) 8:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG-3D) 1:45 PM TOKAREV (DIG) 10:30 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG-3D) 1:45 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: TOKAREV (DIG) 12:45 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA : THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 4:30 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG-3D) 4:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CAPTAIN AMERICA: 360º- 2 THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 7:15 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG-3D) 7:15 PM AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 2:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CAPTAIN AMERICA: AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 4:15 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG-3D) 10:00 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG-3D) 10:00 PM AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 6:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CAPTAIN AMERICA: AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 8:45 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 12:45 AM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG-3D) 12:45 AM AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 11:00 PM AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 1:15 AM SHARQIA-3 Seats-225 FANAR-5 BLOOD TIES (DIG) 1:15 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 12:45 PM 360º- 3 ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 3:30 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 3:00 PM BLOOD TIES (DIG) 2:30 PM AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 5:45 PM BLOOD TIES (DIG) 5:15 PM BLOOD TIES (DIG) 4:45 PM AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 7:45 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 7:30 PM BLOOD TIES (DIG) 7:00 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 9:45 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 9:45 PM BLOOD TIES (DIG) 9:15 PM BLOOD TIES (DIG) 12:15 AM BLOOD TIES (DIG) 12:05 AM BLOOD TIES (DIG) 11:30 PM

MUHALAB-1 MARINA-1 AL-KOUT.1 TOKAREV (DIG) 1:45 PM NON-STOP (DIG) 12:45 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: NON-STOP (DIG) 3:45 PM BLOOD TIES (DIG) 3:15 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 1:45 PM TOKAREV (DIG) 6:00 PM NON-STOP (DIG) 5:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: BLOOD TIES (DIG) 8:00 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 7:45 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 4:30 PM TOKAREV (DIG) 10:15 PM TOKAREV (DIG) 12:15 AM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 10:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 12:15 AM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 7:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: MUHALAB-2 AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 12:30 PM MARINA-2 THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 10:00 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 2:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CAPTAIN AMERICA: LEGEND (DIG) (Telugu) 4:45 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 1:00 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 12:45 AM THU+FRI+SAT CAPTAIN AMERICA: NEED FOR SPEED (DIG) 5:00 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 3:45 PM AL-KOUT.2 NO THU+FRI+SAT CAPTAIN AMERICA: TOKAREV (DIG) 12:30 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 7:45 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 6:30 PM TOKAREV (DIG) 2:30 PM AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 10:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 4:30 PM NEED FOR SPEED (DIG) 12:05 AM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 9:15 PM TOKAREV (DIG) 6:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 8:30 PM MUHALAB-3 THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 12:05 AM AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 10:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: TOKAREV (DIG) 12:30 AM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 1:30 PM MARINA-3 NO SUN+TUE+WED CAPTAIN AMERICA: NEED FOR SPEED (DIG-3D) 1:30 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 4:15 PM SABOTAGE (DIG) 4:00 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: AL-KOUT.3 NEED FOR SPEED (DIG-3D) 6:00 PM SABOTAGE (DIG) 1:00 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG-3D) 7:00 PM TOKAREV (DIG) 8:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: NON-STOP (DIG) 3:00 PM TOKAREV (DIG) 10:30 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 9:45 PM NEED FOR SPEED (DIG) 5:15 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: SABOTAGE (DIG) 12:30 AM SABOTAGE (DIG) 7:45 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 12:30 AM NEED FOR SPEED (DIG) 9:45 PM AVENUES-1 SABOTAGE (DIG) 12:15 AM DIVERGENT (DIG) 1:15 PM FANAR-1 NO SUN+TUE+WED AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 2:00 PM DIVERGENT (DIG) 4:00 PM NON-STOP (DIG) 4:00 PM LEGEND (DIG) (Telugu) 7:00 PM DIVERGENT (DIG) 10:00 PM AL-KOUT.4 (old name) Passport No. Merchant. C-204, Ashwini AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 6:15 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 12:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: G6678230, S/O E. Guravaiah Palace, near Kedari petrol AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 8:15 PM BLOOD TIES (DIG) 2:45 PM FOR SALE SITUATION VACANT AL MAHARJAN (DIG) (Arabic) 10:15 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG) 12:45 AM R/O D.No. 13/316, Gandhi pump, Wanowarie, Pune, ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 5:00 PM Nagar, Chennur (Mandal), India, Pin code: 411040. NON-STOP (DIG) 12:15 AM 2012, Hino A Pilipino lady is needed to ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 7:15 PM Half lorry YSR Kadpa district, changed AVENUES-2 ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 9:30 PM Japan, white color 5 meter work for two days a week in FANAR-2 ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 1:00 PM my name as Enapati BLOOD TIES (DIG) 11:45 PM an apartment located in TOKAREV (DIG) 1:30 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 3:30 PM length. KD 6,000. Phone: Subramanyam (new name) SITUATION WANTED NEED FOR SPEED (DIG) 3:30 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED 66052331. Salmiya. Salary/month is KD ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 5:45 PM (C 4695) 10-4-2013 Indian TOKAREV (DIG) 6:00 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 8:30 PM 60. Tel: 66417504. (C 4697) Lady Physiotherapist, having NEED FOR SPEED (DIG) 8:00 PM ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (DIG) 11:00 PM BAIRAQ-1 2012 model, 13-4-2014 TOKAREV (DIG) 10:30 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: Bus Coaster I, Mohammed Abbasali transferable visa with BPT TOKAREV (DIG) 12:30 AM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG-3D) 1:00 PM long chassis, 93,000 km, Saifuddin, holder of Indian AVENUES-3 white color, good condi- and MSc (UK) need job in NEED FOR SPEED (DIG-3D) 1:45 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CHANGE OF NAME Passport No. J3969815 homecare, or clinic or com- tion. Phone: 50111978. hereby change my name to FANAR-3 NEED FOR SPEED (DIG) 4:30 PM THE WINTER SOLDIER (DIG-3D) 4:00 PM pany. Please call 96932675. MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (DIG) 12:30 PM (C 4696) Subramanyam Mohammed Saifuddin I, Yeenapati 10-4-2013

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Arrival Flights on Sunday 13/4/2014 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 Departure Flights on Sunday 13/4/2014 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 Airlines Flt Route Time SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 Airlines Flt Route Time UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 QTR 1084 Doha 00:05 KNE 472 Jeddah 14:40 AIC 976 Goa/Chennai 00:05 FDB 058 Dubai 14:35 JZR 239 Amman 00:20 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:20 KAC 561 Amman 14:45 JZR 267 Beirut 00:25 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 UAL 981 IAD 00:25 QTR 1079 Doha 14:55 JZR 539 Cairo 00:30 RJA 640 Amman 15:55 DLH 635 Frankfurt 01:35 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:25 FDB 051 Dubai 15:55 THY 773 Istanbul 02:20 KAC 673 Dubai 15:05 THY 764 Istanbul 01:40 JZR 787 Riyadh 16:15 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 02:45 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:45 QTR 1072 Doha 16:15 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:55 KNE 473 Jeddah 15:35 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 16:45 UAE 854 Dubai 03:45 SVA 503 Madinah/Jeddah 15:45 GFA 211 Bahrain 01:55 UAE 857 Dubai 16:55 FDB 068 Dubai 03:45 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:50 UAE 853 Dubai 02:25 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 02:30 UAL 982 IAD 17:25 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:20 KAC 513 Tehran 16:20 JAI 576 Kochi/Abu Dhabi 02:35 JZR 481 Istanbul 17:30 QTR 1077 Doha 04:25 FDB 052 Dubai 16:35 FDB 067 Dubai 03:05 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 AFG 416 Kabul 05:10 RJA 641 Amman 16:55 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 JZR 177 Dubai 17:45 QTR 1085 Doha 05:20 JZR 266 Beirut 17:05 QTR 1076 Doha 03:25 JZR 777 Jeddah 17:50 QTR 1073 Doha 17:20 CLX 792 Luxembourg 03:40 KAC 542 Cairo 18:15 JZR 560 Sohag 05:35 JZR 538 Cairo 17:40 AFG 416 Jeddah 04:00 RBG 553 Alexandria 18:20 CLX 792 Hong Kong 05:45 JZR 553 Alexandria 04:10 QTR 1080 Doha 18:25 THY 765 Istanbul 06:00 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 17:45 KAC 544 Cairo 04:10 KAC 786 Jeddah 18:30 RJA 643 Amman 06:05 UAE 858 Dubai 18:15 THY 770 Istanbul 04:35 KAC 166 Paris/Rome 18:40 JAI 575 Abu Dhabi/Kochi 06:30 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 FDB 063 Dubai 18:45 FDB 070 Dubai 06:30 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 FDB 069 Dubai 05:50 AXB 393 Kozhikode 18:55 THY 771 Istanbul 06:50 JZR 184 Dubai 18:20 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:15 ABY 129 Sharjah 19:00 GFA 212 Bahrain 07:00 UAL 982 Bahrain 18:40 BAW 157 London 06:35 KAC 618 Doha 19:00 JZR 164 Dubai 07:15 JZR 238 Amman 18:45 QTR 8632 Doha 06:50 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 QTR 8632 Lahore 08:20 JZR 134 Bahrain 18:50 KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 KAC 774 Riyadh 19:15 BAW 156 London 08:25 RBG 554 Alexandria 19:00 FDB 053 Dubai 07:45 KAC 502 Beirut 19:20 FDB 054 Dubai 08:25 QTR 1081 Doha 19:25 KAC 302 Mumbai 07:50 KAC 674 Dubai 19:25 QTR 1087 Doha 08:55 FDB 064 Dubai 19:25 KAC 206 Islamabad 07:50 MSR 606 Luxor 19:30 SVA 513 Riyadh 08:55 ABY 120 Sharjah 19:40 SVA 512 Riyadh 07:55 JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 KAC 171 Frankfurt 08:55 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 QTR 1086 Doha 07:55 KAC 102 New York/London 19:35 KAC 671 Dubai 09:25 AXB 394 Kozhikode 19:55 KAC 332 Trivandrum 08:00 OMA 647 Muscat 19:55 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:30 MSR 619 Alexandria 20:30 KAC 352 Kochi 08:05 KAC 562 Amman 20:00 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:35 KAC 283 Dhaka 20:30 KAC 286 Dhaka 08:15 FDB 061 Dubai 20:05 JZR 480 Istanbul 09:40 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 AFG 415 Kabul 20:10 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 FDB 062 Dubai 20:50 KAC 362 Colombo 08:45 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 KAC 117 New York 10:00 KAC 361 Colombo 20:50 ABY 125 Sharjah 08:50 DLH 636 Frankfurt 20:15 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:15 OMA 648 Muscat 20:55 IRA 665 Shiraz 09:25 KAC 514 Tehran 20:50 FDB 056 Dubai 10:15 DLH 636 Dammam 21:00 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:30 KLM 417 Amsterdam 20:55 IRA 664 Shiraz 10:25 AFG 415 Jeddah 21:10 FDB 055 Dubai 09:35 ALK 229 Colombo 21:10 KAC 741 Dammam 10:30 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 QTR 1070 Doha 10:00 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 QTR 1071 Doha 11:00 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 KAC 172 Frankfurt 21:15 KAC 541 Cairo 11:30 KLM 417 Dammam/Amsterdam 21:55 MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 QTR 1074 Doha 21:30 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:15 IRC 6507 Shiraz 11:00 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:30 KAC 501 Beirut 11:40 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 JZR 165 Dubai 11:50 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:45 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 JZR 561 Sohag 12:00 JZR 135 Bahrain 21:45 KAC 343 Chennai 22:30 SYR 341 Latakia 12:20 FDB 059 Dubai 22:00 IRC 6508 Shiraz 12:00 QTR 1075 Doha 22:40 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 AIC 981 Chennai/Hyderabad/Ahmedabad 22:25 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 IRC 528 Ahwaz 12:50 UAL 981 Bahrain 22:40 KAC 103 London 12:30 FDB 060 Dubai 22:40 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 JZR 185 Dubai 22:55 JZR 786 Riyadh 12:50 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:40 THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 BBC 043 Dhaka 23:10 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:45 KAC 742 Dammam 13:30 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:20 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 KAC 351 Kochi 23:00 KAC 672 Dubai 13:40 THY 772 Istanbul 23:45 SYR 342 Latakia 13:20 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:35 QTR 1078 Doha 13:45 PIA 205 Lahore 23:50 IRC 529 Ahwaz 13:50 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:40 FDB 057 Dubai 13:55 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 KAC 415 Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta 23:50 DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION stars34 SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 CROSSWORD 516 STAR TRACK

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

You know when you have done a good job and your duty this birth year is You are in an affectionate mood and will enjoy intimate moments with a loved to back off requests for confirmation. It is okay that no comments are made regarding one this morning. An instinctive urge to get serious about taking care of your- your work and it does not mean the people do not like your work. You have now exer- self may find you and a friend signing up for exercise classes or some swimming time at a near- cised your talents enough to know when something needs adjusting or when your work by indoor pool. The domestic scene gains new appeal and now is a good time to talk with your is well received. Think on this and be proud of your accomplishments. In fact, it might be a parents and family. The team attitude is easy to achieve this afternoon-conversations while good idea to write down your accomplishments: personal, professional and charity contri- working on a home or family project can be stimulating and productive. Your emotions are butions. Be brave now, this is the beginning of a brave new world for other people around steady and nurturing. There is a chance to understand those around you and to empathize and you, as well as you. Contracting out to businesses will create a good time to keep your lend an ear to their thoughts. General good feeling and a sense of support and harmony make skills finely tuned. Get to know yourself better! Happy birthday! this a happy time.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

You may not be able to keep your mind on your project or whatever you Your physical appearance seems to have been buffed or polished overnight. are doing just now and it could be hard to make good decisions. Add a bit of humor and Compliments are many today and people are not quite sure what, if anything, inventiveness to your day and you will find your efforts pay well! You maintain an even you have changed. Your energies are high and you look forward to seeing particular people or flow of performance when it comes to work and you set an example for anyone to follow. just being where you are in your life at this time. You could be most persuasive with others Someone needs your attention this afternoon and you are helpful, as usual. Listen to your because your thinking is of the highest form and you will not have to audit what you say. This body and learn when to call it a halt to strenuous activities. This afternoon you may feel situation is a natural for self-expression and when it is your turn to speak many people will lis- like staying home and making a few repairs to your living area or you might want to ten. Outer circumstances tend to work in your favor. Take advantage of the gradual metamor- secure your surroundings in better ways. Laughter, if you are experiencing stress, is a phosis that is taking place within you now and get to know the adventurer and achiever that is great release. Perhaps you can just sit back and enjoy a good movie. inside of you.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Keeping things lighthearted is a good way to start out the weekend and that is A jealous spat between two friends may gain your attention today. For the where your energy is focused today. A visit to the zoo with family or friends most part, this is a day of forward-moving transactions. Play and tending to your responsi- brings your thinking around to preparing food for your own animals. Later today you may do a ACROSS DOWN bilities this day makes this a day full of good experiences. There is much laughter to go little experimenting in the kitchen with different recipes for your faithful pets. Because of some 1. White crystalline compound used as a food 1. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia. around. You are able to enjoy most of the day for your own creative ideas. A neighbor- overdue correspondence or writing project that you had previously disregarded, you might additive to enhance flavor. 2. An inclination of the top half of the body hood child wants to show off the new magic trick that has been newly learned. You may also spend some time answering your mail and returning phone calls. Off-the-cuff conversa- find yourself telling knock-knock jokes to each other. A new or renewed love relationship 4. Graceful deciduous shrub or small tree hav- forward and downward. tions about future plans bring you insight. There are some exciting new opportunities coming provides for a joy-filled time later this afternoon. It seems to be your day for listening, as in your direction and you will want to be ready. Your significant other has a pleasant surprise ing attractive foliage and small red berries 3. A benevolent aspect of Devi. you hear all the plans this charming person has for expressing personal talent in the for you tonight. that turn black at maturity and are used for 4. An insane person. future. You share an enthusiasm of art. This is a contented time. making wine. 5. A soft white precious univalent metallic ele- 12. A flexible container with a single opening. ment having the highest electrical and ther- 15. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet. mal conductivity of any metal. ) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. Lacking gonads. 6. An Indian unit of length having different Cancer (June 21-July 22 Others may try to sway you from your project today. Allow for the interruptions 17. A benevolent aspect of Devi. values in different localities. A strong need for nurturing is a bigger than usual element in your life. You and then you can return to your choice activity. You know that spring has 18. Expresses possibility. 7. Type genus of the Oniscidae. may feel the need to care for others or to have them care for you; fitting the two together sprung with all the beauty around you. A trip to the park with a sketchpad may allow you to makes everything work well. This could mean teamwork or volunteer work, etc. Look for 20. A female person who has the same par- 8. Makeup that is used to darken and thicken bring a sample of spring into your own home. Give your charitable urges attention and find ways to help your loved ones and they will pay you back with delight. Ideas are flowing and ents as another person. the eye lashes. something that really gives you great joy to contribute your time and energies toward-at least could come with ease. You can talk, talk, talk. Activities with neighbors, friends or relatives once every two weeks. Today you may decide to join a therapeutic horsemanship group that 21. Brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) 9. A public promotion of some product or make the day go along with the strong feelings of support and appreciation for life in gener- aids handicapped people. You will find many rewards when you volunteer in surroundings that was hammered into thin sheets. service. al. By probing deeper into your inner being you will learn to be less structured in your fixed that make you happy. 23. Flat-topped or convex inflorescence in 10. A pipe with a long flexible tube connected routines. Demands on you and on others loosen. which the individual flower stalks grow to a container where the smoke is cooled by upward from various points on the main stem passing through water. to approximately the same height. 11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 25. Interface consisting of a standard port used in India for writing paper. Leo (July 23-August 22) between a computer and its peripherals that 12. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs. Take time to smell the roses. A dialogue with an older person may take place Others may try to sway you from your project today. Allow for the interruptions is used in some computers. 13. A primeval personification of air and this morning and you could be volunteering to help this person with some seasonal changes. and then you can return to your choice activity. You know that spring has sprung with all the 27. Tear or be torn violently. breath. This may mean an air-conditioner problem or a problem lawn, etc. This morning you may learn beauty around you. A trip to the park with a sketchpad may allow you to bring a sample of quite a lot from a new book. You could walk away with new ideas of your own and certainly an spring into your own home. Give your charitable urges attention and find something that really 28. Situated at an apex. 14. Port city in northwestern Belgium and appreciation of the relationship between you and this older person. At home today you will gives you great joy to contribute your time and energies toward-at least once every two weeks. 29. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested industrial center. find yourself in discussions surrounding some new technology. You are willing to take chances Today you may decide to join a therapeutic horsemanship group that aids handicapped peo- mountains of Europe and Asia minor. 19. Type genus of the Lycaenidae. this afternoon. This is a time to gamble and trust the fates, so be prepared for good things to ple. You will find many rewards when you volunteer in surroundings that make you happy. This 31. Used of a single unit or thing. 22. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of happen, whether you have earned them or not. Enjoy games with animals this evening. evening is a good time for surrounding yourself with friends. A new novel keeps you busy tonight. 32. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astrono- need for or likely benefit from medical treat- my. ment or food. 35. (comparative of `much' used with mass 24. The sound of sheep or goats (or any sound nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or resembling this) v 1. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) amount or extent or degree. 26. A fraudulent business scheme. You attract warmhearted individuals and will more than likely be visited by one 38. State in northeastern India. 30. Resembling or similar. Transformations in your personal life are positive. You just got lucky and the fun side of life is enhanced. Artistic, inspired projects are especially successful. You bask in the or two of your friends that enjoy hanging out with you, so to speak. A fun lec- 40. One thousand grams. 33. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a limelight, enjoying the opportunity to express your essence in whatever fashion you choose. A ture or activity can be enjoyed by all. Mysterious or mystical information fires your imagination- 41. A state in New England. mosque. lack of information could hold you back today-educate yourself to what is happening. Your there is a good chance that there is more heat than light. Keep an open mind and learn all you 42. Genus of widely distributed agarics that 34. Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers self-expression is strong and you get good results from your efforts. Perhaps there is a recalci- can, but do not take some of the things that you hear today as gospel. Later today you can enjoy a little walk around your neighborhood. Thoughts of installing a fishpond may cross your have white spores and are poisonous with of eastern North America. trant child or you are learning some new craft. This afternoon or evening you may have made plans for a social occasion. You are rich with friends, and you have many blessings to count. mind. Wind down and tend to your own inner needs as the day gently draws to a close. If you few exceptions. 36. The ending of a series or sequence. You will enjoy entertaining today. Much laughter can be heard coming from your place. can turn off any electrical cooling or heating elements for a while and enjoy the fresh air today, 46. Any of numerous trees of the family 37. Measuring instrument in which the echo you will find your spirit uplifted. Cupressaceae that resemble cedars. of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to 47. A Russian dish made with patties of detect and locate distant objects. ground meat (mixed with onions and bread 39. A region of Malaysia in northeastern WORD SEARCH PUZZLE Yesterday’s Solution and milk) and served with a sauce of sour Borneo. cream. 43. Of or relating to located near the iris of the 51. An actor's line that immediately precedes eye. and serves as a reminder for some action or 44. A member of the Salish people in north- speech. western Washington. 52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially 45. Any of a number of fishes of the family in Turkey). Carangidae. 53. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man. 48. A state in the Rocky Mountains. 55. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and 49. A sock with a separation for the big toe. conspicuous red flowers in dense globular 50. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrat- racemes. ed silica of variable color. 58. Capital and largest city of Iraq. 54. Indian religious leader who founded 60. Top part of an apron. Sikhism (1469-1538). 61. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the 56. Advance evidence for. site of the Trojan War. 57. A port city in southwestern Iran. 64. The vessel that contains the seeds of a 59. The largest city of Cameroon. plant (not the seeds themselves). 62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a 69. A member of a nomadic Berber people of skewer usually with vegetables. the Sahara. 63. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of 71. A city in southeastern South Korea. the Old World. 72. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae 65. Suggestive of the supernatural. that is a source of timber and gum. 66. Armor plate that protects the chest. 75. Jordan's port. 67. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka. 76. In or relating to or obtained from urine. 68. Earn on some commercial or business 77. Of or relating to the atmospheric phenom- transaction. enon auroras. 70. A Hindu prince or king in India. 79. Preserve of crushed fruit. 73. Seek someone's favor. 80. A stock exchange in New York. 74. A human limb. 81. Small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy 78. The branch of computer science that deal rope. with writing computer programs that can 82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made solve problems creatively. from aba cloth. Yesterday’s Solution

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Selena Gomez fires her parents

he 21-year-old singer’s mother Mandy Teefey and her and Brian made it clear last month that they were unhappy step-father Brian have controlled her affairs since she about Selena spending time with Justin, who has had a num- Tshot to fame in 2007, but the brunette beauty has now ber of run-ins with the law, as they believe he’s responsible for decided to recruit a professional to help her run her schedule. driving her to rehab in January. A source said previously: A source told TMZ.com: “Selena feels she’s outgrown her par- “They’re doing their best to supervise them. They’re tolerating ents.” The ‘Come & Get It’ hitmaker has argued with her par- it as long as they know that there is someone who has eyes on ents on many occasions over the direction of her career and them all the time.” Although, her parents know they can’t ban her on/off relationship with troubled star Justin Bieber, but it her from seeing the 20-year-old singer. The source explained is believed family friction wasn’t to blame for their split. The at the time: “They don’t have any control over her. She’s ‘Spring Breakers’ actress still remains close with her parents, pulling the, ‘Who makes the money around here?’ card!” but they are annoyed about her decision. Meanwhile, Mandy

Jennie Garth

wants another baby he 42-year-old actress already has three daughters, Luca, 16, Lola, 11, and Fiona, seven, with ex-husband Peter TFacinelli, but hasn’t ruled out getting pregnant again if she meets the right guy. The blonde beauty, who is currently single, said: “I love being pregnant, and I love making babies. I loved getting fat! “I want to do it again, but I need a man for that, so yeah, that’s not gonna happen. Just bringing a being into this world is crazy wild! It’s like an exchange you can’t compare to any other. It’s like when ET connected with Elliot, you know, where they got sick when they were with each oth- er and felt each other’s feelings.” Jennie is still very close to her former ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ co-star Tori Spelling, who was left devastated when her husband Dean McDermott checked into rehab in January after being accused of cheating on her with multiple women. The blonde beauty recently teamed up with Tori again for a pilot TV series, ‘Mystery Girls.’ She told UsMagazine.com: “We’re like girly girls. We’ll give each other facials or gossip, anything. There’s nothing off limits! We will Gwyneth Paltrow stop a meeting, as executive producers, we will stop a meet- ing dead in its tracks to find out some good gossip! It was like no time had passed and we were the same exact. I was think- ing about it the other day-we’re older now but it was like no will not tour with Coldplay time had passed. We’re sort of like those timeless friends.” he ‘Iron Man’ actress split with the band’s frontman after on tour with him.” The former couple - who have children 10 years of marriage last month and it was rumored that Apple, nine, and Moses, eight, together - have been plagued Tthey had parted on good terms since they were on holi- by rumors of infidelity since they announced their “conscious day together at the time. However, it has now been revealed uncoupling” and all the issues that caused them to split are that relations between the couple may be worse than they said to be far from buried. He added in an interview with seem and reports of Gwyneth joining Chris Martin on his Grazia magazine: “They’re putting on a united front, but upcoming tour so that they can spend time together as a fam- beneath the surface the many tensions that ended their mar- ily appear to be false. An ex-boyfriend of Gwyneth said: “The riage are still very much there. It’s very sad.” rosy picture in the Bahamas does not necessarily map to reali- ty. “She has confided to friends that all is not well with post- split relations with Chris, and there is no truth that she’s going Minnie Driver quits Twitter Eating is Sofia

he ‘About a Boy’ actress - who has five- year-old son Henry from a previous rela- Ttionship - is taking a break from the Vergara’s social networking website after getting upset at jibes about her appearance following the publication of pictures of her strolling on a Miami beach in a bikini with her little boy. She favorite hobby tweeted: “God some people are horrible: you try being photographed when you don’t know it’s happening, when you’re on holiday with your kids. “I’m out of this Twittersphere for a while. It’s too mean sometimes, about he Colombian beauty claims that despite being your body , about your soul. Not worth it. (sic)” celebrated for her trim, hourglass physique, she Minnie headed off on holiday earlier this week Tloves to eat - so much so that she decided to star and was determined to have a good time with in a movie about food. Sofia stars alongside Robert her loved ones. She tweeted on Tuesday: Downey Jr in new movie ‘Chef’, which centers on a busi- “Finally on holiday with my family. I’m going nessman-turned-food truck owner. Speaking to to make 4 days feel like a month.” The slender Women’s Health magazine, she said: “I think it’s a film 44-year-old actress has previously spoken of everybody is really going to enjoy because there’s a lot how she finds it “quite easy” to lose weight of food in the movie. “I love to eat and that’s like my after gaining pounds for a role. She has said: hobby. That’s what I do with my friends, my fiance, with “You have to eat less and move around more.” my son. So eating is a very important part of my social life.” Although the 41-year-old beauty can’t resist her favorite tasty snacks, she does try to have some balance and only unleashes her sweet tooth on weekends. Sofia added: “I try to do the right thing during the week but then do whatever I want during the weekend.” Meanwhile, the ‘Modern Family’ actress - who was named the highest earning actress in TV by Forbes mag- azine last year - has been treating herself with her hard- earned millions, recently purchasing a $10.6 million home in Beverly Hills. The sprawling 11,400-square-foot estate boasts seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms. p36-37_Layout 1 4/12/14 8:03 PM Page 2

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Jennifer Garner used to baby-sit for Stephen Colbert he 41-year-old actress celebrated the news that comedi- an Stephen will take over ‘The Late Show’ when David TLetterman retires next year by sharing an anecdote about the star. She revealed: “I used to baby-sit for Stephen Colbert. “Stephen and I we were guest stars in ‘Spin City’ at the same time forever ago and I had maybe six lines but he had four. So we had all of this time to hang out together because it’s not like they said, ‘Oh, we’re done with these two fools, let’s let them go for the day’ ... they just forgot about us. “So we were just hanging out and then at the end he was like, ‘You seem... normal. Would you babysit for me?’ So my roommate and I babysat for little Madeline.” Jennifer, who now has three kids - Violet, eight, Seraphina, four, and two-year-old Samuel - of her own with husband Ben Affleck admits the job wasn’t well paid. Appearing on ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ last night, she quipped: “I was not making 10 bucks an hour, I am sure of it. He is so cheap. I’m sure he still owes me - and he never tipped!” ‘The Daily Show’ is on at midnight tonight on Comedy Central Extra.

Elle Macpherson Lindsay Lohan vows to cried on her 50th birthday stay sober at Coachella

he supermodel celebrated the milestone stepchildren with her billionaire husband he ‘Mean Girls’ star - who recently confessed to having “one glass of wine” on March 29 and burst into tears after Jeffrey Soffer, and she admits keeping their since leaving rehab for the sixth time - jetted to Indio, California for the Treceiving a touching gift from her broth- family unit together requires a lot of travelling. Tfirst weekend of the music festival on Friday despite being urged by er, Brendon. She told Australia’s ‘Today Show’ She explained: “My step-kids live in Aspen, friends to avoid the event. A source told gossip website TMZ.com that the 27- on Friday: “I had the most beautiful day. It Colorado, my children live in London, my hus- year-old star is aware that going to the festival is a risk to her sobriety, but has started off, I looked at my phone and I had an band lives in Miami, my boys go to school in promised her friends that she won’t fall off the wagon again. Lindsay was spot- email from my brother and it was a video that London. I am living in London at the moment ted at the festival last year with her brother Cody, 16, just days before checking he’d made of all of my friends and family that but moving to Miami. A blended family into her court-ordered treatment program. A source previously revealed that were sending happy birthday wishes and he’d requires patience and a lot of love.” But she the troubled starlet is attending the three-day bash with her mother, Dina put it to music. I cried and cried and cried and added: “I love being married. Anybody that Lohan, but those close to her are not confident the showbiz matriarch will be cried, it took me four times before I could really tells you it’s no different is lying. I truly believe able to prevent her daughter from resisting “temptation.” The insider said: see who was on it, because I couldn’t see that there’s a huge difference between being “Lindsay should not be going to Coachella. “And having Dina with her isn’t real- through the tears. It was such a beautiful gift married and not married.” ly making anyone feel comfortable that she will be a good chaperone. It’s a big and unexpected.” The lingerie designer has alcohol and drug festival and it is the last place that Lindsay should be. “Lindsay two sons, Arpad Flynn, 16, and Aurelius, 11, swears that she’ll stay sober, but Coachella is a huge party and there are going with her ex-partner Arpad Busson, and three Josh Duhamel worries to be so many temptations for her. Everyone is really worried about her.” about raising his son in LA he ‘Safe Haven’ actor has a seven-month-old baby boy, Axl, with his Black Eyed Peas star wife Fergie, and doesn’t want him or any of their Tfuture children to grow up with a sense of entitlement because they have famous parents. The 41-year-old star told the HuffPost Live: “Growing up in LA, I don’t want to raise a kid who feels entitled to anything. I want him to understand the importance of working hard and getting an education.” He jokingly added: “I just don’t want to have to bail him out of jail! That’s my main goal. Just stay out of jail. Dads, keep your girls off the poles and keep your boys out of jail.” Fergie and Axl temporarily relocated to Austin, Texas, in February while the actor was filming his upcoming movie ‘Lost in the Sun’. He said at the time: “She’s here with me now. She’s staying with me. We’ve got a house and the whole thing. We’re one happy family in Austin, Texas.” The cou- ple initially had a strict rule about not being apart for more than two weeks but Josh admitted they don’t need the rule anymore because he wants to be Andrew Garfield with his family all the time. He said: “I can’t stay away from my boy for that long, or her.” was bullied in school

he Amazing Spider-Man 2’ actor had a me, but I’m not going to name and shame Johnny Depp gets in trouble tough time growing up and started to them. “I know now that it goes on every- ‘Tread comic books when he was where, and I also have more understanding of with his teenage daughter picked on as a schoolboy in Surrey, South East what makes a bully. They’ve been bullied England. He told the Daily Mail newspaper: “I before.” Andrew realizes today’s school chil- like to say I was thankful to my school bully, dren also have to deal with cyber-bullying and he ‘Transcendence’ star insists his relationship with daughter Lily-Rose, because without him, I wouldn’t be in this he “hopes parents realize what their children who is set to turn 15 next month, is very normal and she doesn’t think he position now. “I thought that [being sensitive] have access to” on the Internet. Despite his Tis cool despite his celebrity status. The actor told ‘The Ellen DeGeneres was a weakness, but I realize now those sensi- success with the comic films, the actor also Show’ on Friday: “All that cool stuff is goingon that 15-year-old girls ... All that tivities can be real strength. Today I celebrate revealed he’s still not often spotted by people. stuff. So she could be the sweetest thing in the world, which most of the time my sensitivities.” The 30-year-old star, who is He added: “I’m not recognized much in life, she is, and suddenly I’m in trouble for something.” But he added: “She’s a sharp dating co-star Emma Stone, claims he was a which I appreciate in this age where we’re so kid, very sophisticated, super intelligent and, uh, scary.” Johnny, who recently “skinny, sensitive kid” at school and he will fame-obsessed. It’s gone bonkers.” got engaged to his 27-year-old girlfriend Amber Heard, also has a son Jack, 11, never forget the experience of being bullied. with ex-girlfriend Vanessa Paradis and he claims he is a “pretty laid-back” dad. He said: “[It was] a defining experience you The heartthrob also believes he is “calmer” since turning 50 last June. never forget. I have not forgotten who bullied

he ‘Dark Horse’ singer, who split from the complicate things right now. “Katy has always been dom.” Katy is set to kick off her ‘Prismatic’ world tour singer-songwriter, 36, in February, refuses to a romantic, but she knows that it doesn’t all have to on May 8 and is pouring all of her energy into Katy Perry Trespond to his texts or calls, and has no inter- happen immediately. She doesn’t need to have the preparing for the shows. The friend explained: “She’s est in a rebound romance. A source close to the 29- prince on the white horse now. She’ll wait, and take looking for something show-stopping [for her tour]. year-old star told PEOPLE.com: “Katy will not let care of herself in the meantime.” The ‘Roar’ hitmaker Something that will grab the attention of everyone. romance derail her life right now. She is happy being dyed her hair slime green earlier this week and feels She can’t focus on that if she’s dating someone. single. I don’t see her getting into another relation- extremely confident following the makeover. The Right now, she needs to have a one-track mind, and ship for a very long time. Why would she? She has a insider said: “She finally decided, I’m going to do it can’t be about a boyfriend.” is ignoring John Mayer fantastic career, a ton of friends and is generally hap- what I want to do and I don’t care what people py with things. She thinks that a relationship will think. Her hair is an outward statement of her free- — Bangshowbiz lifestyle SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 Successful value fashion outlet twenty4 gets bigger

ollowing on their success in Al-Jahra, the store will be running a promotion offering KD 4 exciting niche in a value market by building in thriving new concept value fashion outlet, on every KD 20 spent at the store. To a public their pricing structure with incredible fashion Ftwenty4, has opened a new store in Al-Rai, that is already excited about the brand’s expan- inspired by the latest trends around the world. on Wednesday, April 9, where consumers can sion in the region, this promotion reflects twen- The new Spring 2014 collection, currently in expect more of the popular outlet’s unmatched ty4’s dedication to exceptional customer service. stores, further underlines the brand’s highly value. twenty4’s Concept Head, Tarique Azmi com- trendy and vibrant range of fashion within con- twenty4’s young, cool and trendy collection mented, “We recognize the popularity of our siderably competitive prices. offers incredible value to fashion conscious cus- store in this young, hip, and trendy market, and As seen in all existing stores, the new outlet tomers of any age. This formula has proven this promotion is a way of rewarding loyal cus- in Al-Rai will have a stylish and vibrant layout highly popular amongst consumers, who are tomers whilst also reminding them that we do creating an inviting ambience for aspiring fash- spoilt for choice with the brand’s exciting variety value fashion better than anybody. This will only ion shoppers. With each department distinctive- of clothing and accessories for women, men, continue with our new store.” ly laid out, the store delivers a seamless shop- children and home. As part of the highly successful retail stable ping experience. This makes twenty4’s exciting To celebrate their expansion in Kuwait, the from BMA International, twenty4 has carved an range accessible to all ages.

1990s hip hop at Coachella

ip hop duo Outkast reunited for the first time in the rise, as the festival has helped launch artists into the US eight years a the Coachella Valley Music and Arts mainstream industry. HFestival on Friday, and brought a taste of old school Recent success stories include Florence + The Machine, hip hop with them to the stage. Outkast, formed by Atlanta and electronic music DJs Skrillex and Calvin Harris, the lat- rappers Andre 3000 and Big Boi, kicked off the anticipated ter two both returning this year. This year, British singer- set with “B.O.B” from the duo’s 2000 album “Stankonia,” songwriter Tom Odell made his Coachella debut, playing before taking it back to the 1990s with singles such as the Mojave tent on Friday at midday. The singer said being “ATLiens” and “Skew It on the Bar-B.” at the festival was an important stop for an artist on the “It’s good to be back,” Big Boi, real name Antwan Andre rise. Patton, said on the Coachella stage against the backdrop of “It’s one of those festivals that’s in the back of people’s the Southern California desert lit up at night. Outkast last minds,” Odell said. “It’s something musicians talk about and worked together on 2006 album “Idlewild,” from which the know about, it’s pretty cool to come over here and play, it’s Danielle Haim (left) and her sister Este of the band rappers performed “Vibrate” and “Bowtie.” The duo were definitely significant.” The 23-year-old singer released his HAIM perform together. joined by soul singer Janelle Monae on the stage as they debut album “Long Way Down” last year, and has been sang her hit “Tightrope,” and then by rapper Future, who touring extensively to promote it, hoping that fans will rose to fame in the 1990s hip hop scene. connect to his songs, such as the piano-led ballad “Another Kate Nash performs at the Coachella Music and Arts The rappers saved their best for last, bringing out their Love,” after they watch him live. Festival, Friday, April 11, 2014, in Indio, Calif. most mainstream hits “Ms Jackson,” “The Way You Move” “It’s an energy, I think it’s about getting back in the and “Hey Ya” at the end, before the set was cut short at 1:00 headspace of when you wrote the song, and performing it a.m. (4:00 a.m. ET), inciting boos from the crowd and like that, and putting everything you’ve got into it, I think apologies from Andre 3000. The reunion received mixed that’s the most important thing,” Odell said about perform- early reviews from fans at the festival and watching live ing live. Other headlining acts for the three-day weekend online, with some complaining that the band’s set was not are British rockers Muse on Saturday and Canadian indie upbeat enough for a headliner, while others praised the rock band Arcade Fire on Sunday, while notable acts rappers for performing their classic songs as well as the include R&B singer Pharrell and alt-rockers Foster The mainstream hits. People and Lana Del Rey. The festival hosts the same line- up for two consecutive weekends. While Coachella organiz- Warm up ers Goldenvoice do not release attendance or ticket figures Ahead of Outkast’s headlining set late on Friday, music themselves, more than 158,000 tickets were sold across lovers watched artists such as Ellie Goulding, Grouplove, ZZ both weekends last year, according to concert-tracking Ward and Aloe Blacc perform in the open field of the festi- website Pollstar.com. — Reuters val, against the backdrop of the Southern California desert. Lizzy Plapinger of MS MR performs. Coachella is the first major festival of the summer live Revelers are seen having a good time at the music fes- music scene, and is often an important stop for an artist on tival. — AP/AFP photos Who else was worthy of ‘Late Show’ prize?

ongratulations, Stephen Colbert, on win- Yes, there’s big bucks at stake, even in the host’s roster of A-list colleagues a show can Night Live,” on their respective sitcoms (“30 ning CBS’ “Late Show” gig. You’re brilliantly shrinking world of ratings and advertising dol- summon at will? Here’s your man. Foxx is an Rock,” “Parks and Recreation”) or on the Golden Cfunny, you’ve proven yourself in the lars that late-night TV has become. And CBS, the Oscar-caliber movie star as well as a comedian Globes, where they bring their sassy and oh-so- Comedy Central farm leagues, and odds are you broadest of the major broadcasters with a strat- and singer, with a winning unpredictability that 21st-century female empowerment vibe. Picture will be a worthy successor to David Letterman. egy that aims for the most viewers, not niche could lure new viewers, especially the advertis- that in late-night and try not to smile. But forgive us if we spend a few wistful audiences, is the least likely to take a chance. er-favored young ones Fallon is drawing to Louis CK. Who can deny that great stand-up moments thinking about what might have But the swiftness of the network’s announce- “Tonight.” comedians can make great hosts? He’s a true been. Nothing personal here, but your anoint- ment Thursday about Colbert allowed little Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, together or sepa- original, a wily veteran of stage and sitcom but, ment is just so, well, predictable. breathing room for online and water-cooler rately. They always kill, whether on “Saturday at 46, still comfortably within the age range of speculation, the kind that can be both juicy and late-night’s new young guns who are following illuminating. There are other engaging enter- 60-somethings Letterman and Jay Leno. Hey, tainers around, whether they have or haven’t Colbert is 49 and he’s cool. occupied a talk show chair. And did the last net- Chelsea Handler. She’s done her time in the work late-night job likely to be open for years minor leagues and indicated she’s ready to leave have to go to yet another man? And did it have her E! Entertainment Television talk show. Yes, to be another white guy? Here are a few who she might have to soften her tough-chick per- could have been contenders, worthy competi- sona for network TV and the blue jokes definite- tors to NBC’s Jimmy Fallon and ABC’s Jimmy ly would go, but she would still bring the rarity Kimmel: of free-wheeling sexiness to late-night. Ellen DeGeneres. In the post-Oprah Winfrey Neil Patrick Harris. So obvious. The CBS sit- world of daytime talk, DeGeneres holds fast as com star (the just-ended “How I Met Your queen bee despite heavyweight challengers, Mother”) is a jack-of-all-entertainment who han- including Katie Couric. DeGeneres’ easy charm dles stage and screen with the greatest of ease. has translated to the biggest stage, hosting the Sing, dance, whatever; he could probably have Academy Awards, so her mainstream credentials done “Late Show” Shakespeare soliloquies with are proven. Plus, she can dance. the flair to make them online sensations. — AP Jamie Foxx. Want energy, confidence and a Ellen DeGeneres Jamie Foxx Tina Fey lifestyle SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014

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Staycation or bleisure? Travel loves made-up words otels advertise “bleisure” pack- sound.” The suffix “-cation” is also well- ages. The Thai Tourism Authority is suited to blends, especially if you come Hpromoting “honeyteering.” And a up with a term that rhymes with vaca- Mississippi TV anchor told advocates of tions. And so, in addition to staycations gay equality to “go on gaycation.” and gaycations, there are nakations at Whatever you’re doing on vacation, nudist colonies, hurrications if you leave chances are there’s a made-up word to town ahead of a storm, and playcations, describe it. Combine honeymoon and just for fun. volunteering, you get honeyteering. But how do portmanteaus go from Combine business and leisure, you get being terms nobody can figure out at first bleisure. Add glamour to a camping trip glance - like honeyteering or bleisure - to with steak and scented candles, and words everybody loves to hate, like stay- you’re glamping. cation? “People coin many more words Lexicographers call these blended than we end up adopting,” Martin said. words portmanteaus. The travel industry “It’s hard to predict which will catch on doesn’t have a monopoly on them - think and which won’t. It’s about seeing people “brunch.” But they do “come in handy in a actually using the word in an un-self-con- business sector where there’s often a scious way, expecting people to know The exterior of Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory building is seen. —AP photos need to come up with clever marketing what they mean.” spin,” said Ben Zimmer, executive produc- A made-up word crosses over into er of Vocabulary.com and language acceptability - and maybe consideration columnist for The Wall Street Journal. “It’s for a dictionary entry - “when it’s used for Louisville: 5 free things niche marketing. You’re trying to appeal a period of time and in a variety of con- to different sectors of the public: ‘Well, we texts in independent use, and not just the have a special kind of tourism for you and same magazine trying to make it happen it has a special name.’” again and again,” Martin said. Kory for visitors to do Other examples: voluntourism, eco- Stamper, associate editor for the tourism and mancations - the latter, Merriam-Webster dictionary company, hen it’s Kentucky Derby season in Louisville, mon- describing a guys’ getaway, popularized says lexicographers track words in various ey seems to flow faster than the Ohio River. by Vince Vaughn in the 2006 movie “The ways to look for first use, but it’s often WHotels and restaurants fill up. Shopping includes Break-Up.” And while the word honey- “really difficult to determine who, exactly, a hunt for the colorful hats worn as a Derby tradition. moon is centuries-old, one of the first cit- coined a word.” She says Merriam- Parties are thrown, and wagers are plunked down on can’t- ed references to babymoons - a couple’s Webster traces staycation to a quote that miss colts and longshots alike as fans guess which horse trip before the first baby - was in a 2004 appeared in an Alabama newspaper in will win the famous race at Churchill Downs. Yet there are promotion for luxury resorts. 2005, while Zimmer traces it to an online other sure bets for relaxation and entertainment that don’t Sometimes heavy marketing can review from 1999. cost a thing as folks head to bluegrass country for the make these blends seem like “stunt Bleisure first appeared in a Carlson Derby, which takes place May 3. Kentucky’s largest city words,” said Katherine Connor Martin, Hotels press release in 2007, Stamper offers a mix of free contemporary and historic sites - along head of US Dictionaries for Oxford said, while ecotourism dates to 1982. with blooming dogwood trees. University Press, which publishes the Hurrication appeared in 2005 after Oxford English Dictionary. “They’re so Katrina, and glamping showed up in the Cave Hill Cemetery cute and self-conscious.” Their overuse United Kingdom in 2005. And while the The final resting place for many of Louisville’s most can even lead to a backlash, as with stay- Thai Tourism Authority issued the “honey- prominent citizens of the 19th and 20th centuries, the cations, a term that often elicits an “UGH!” teering” promotion in March of this year, nearly 300-acre (120-hectare) cemetery opened in 1848. It response - mainly because most of us Stamper traces the word’s first use to features ornate marble and granite monuments, shaded would rather go away than stay home if 2006. As more proof that portmanteaus by trees seemingly as distinctive as the headstones dot- This picture shows the signature wall at the museum we could afford it. The word staycations are often used in marketing beyond trav- ting the landscape. Trees of many varieties loom over the was used before the recession, but it was el, Zimmer cites “framily” from quirky rolling grounds situated east of downtown. Each spring outside looming over Main Street - a 37-foot-tall (11- only when people cut back on vacations Sprint commercials offering discounts on and fall, the cemetery is ablaze in colors. It draws tours meter-tall) replica of Michelangelo’s David. The replica cre- during the economic slowdown that des- calls to friends and family. The father in from groups of garden, Civil War and history buffs. About ated by a Turkish artist is made of steel and fiberglass and tinations started using the term to mar- the ad even “says framily is not a word,” 5,500 soldiers are buried here, mostly from the Civil War. was painted gold. ket themselves to locals. Zimmer notes. “He says you can’t just put Luminaries buried in the cemetery include politicians, “It was trying to take a bleak economic two words together and make a new business leaders and bourbon barons. Two of the most Baseball picture and make it into something hap- word. It’s funny because it’s very self-con- notable are George Rogers Clark - an early frontiersman Known as a basketball hotbed, the city’s name is also py,” Zimmer said. “It had a euphemistic scious.” —AP and soldier and the brother of William Clark, who co-led synonymous with baseball. Visitors can trace that baseball the Lewis and Clark expedition - and Colonel Harland heritage along the Louisville Slugger Walk of Fame, stretch- Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Sanders’ ing about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the Louisville granite memorial features a bust of the goateed entrepre- Slugger Museum & Factory to the city’s minor-league ball- neur, whose likeness is still synonymous with the chicken park. Many of the game’s greatest players - from Babe Ruth chain he started. Visitors sometimes place a bucket of and Ty Cobb to George Brett and Ken Griffey Jr. - are chicken at his grave. enshrined with bronze castes of the Louisville Slugger model bats they used, along with bronze home plates that Waterfront Park highlight their careers. In a town blessed with an abundance of parks known At the downtown Slugger Museum, visitors can stroll for foliage, nature centers and scenic vistas, the 85-acre through the main lobby for free. The lobby’s features (34-hectare) Waterfront Park serves as Louisville’s northern include the Signature Wall - emblazoned with the signa- doorstep. Visitors can walk, jog and bike along paths that tures of more than 8,000 players who signed contracts to offer scenic views of the Ohio River and downtown use Louisville Slugger bats. Visitors can grip replica bats Louisville. Linger long enough, and the chances are good used by some of the game’s greatest sluggers. Youngsters that you’ll see a massive barge floating along the Ohio, a can climb on a ball and glove sculpture made of Kentucky busy waterway for commerce. The park’s Great Lawn limestone. Hovering outside is one of the city’s most popu- stretches out as a giant front yard for downtown. There are lar landmarks - a 120-foot-tall (37-meter-high) bat made of playgrounds and an amphitheater. A popular attraction is steel and hand-painted to resemble wood. the Big Four Bridge, an old railroad span that’s been turned into a pedestrian and cycling path spanning the Old Louisville Ohio River between Louisville and Jeffersonville, Ind. The stately Old Louisville neighborhood stands out in a city filled with distinctive neighborhoods. Old Louisville Contemporary art features rows of Victorian homes, some etched with Contemporary art is a mainstay at the acclaimed 21c stained glass windows, along tree-lines streets. The neigh- Museum Hotel and the exhibitions are free to the public. borhood was home to some of the city’s wealthiest resi- Artwork is on display in 9,000 square feet (836 square dents in the late 19th century. The area went into decline meters) of exhibition space in the award-winning bou- in the early to mid-20th century but has since undergone tique hotel in downtown Louisville. The artwork ranges revitalization. The neighborhood stretches from just north from quirky and whimsical to daring, dark and thought- of the University of Louisville’s main campus to just south provoking. It was a goal of the hotel’s owners to introduce of downtown Louisville. Each fall the neighborhood hosts contemporary art to a wider audience. The exhibitions fea- the renowned St James Court Art Show. — AP ture internationally acclaimed artists as well as emerging artists, some from the area. The hotel offers free cultural A person dressed as the character ‘Gru’ is joined by celebrity guests and officials in pressing ‘the detonator’ programming for the public that includes artist lectures at a ceremony marking the opening of Universal Studio’s latest attraction “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” and film screenings. There are free, twice-a-week tours of in Universal City, California. — AFP the exhibitions. The hotel’s most recognizable artwork is Selena Gomez fires her36 parents SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014

Models walk the runway for various designers during the 2015 Bridal col- lection show in New York City. —AFP photos